ORDEAL AT SEA
SURVIVORS FROM SUNKEN SHIP ADRIFT FOR THREE WEEKS BOGOTA (Colombia), Rec. 9 p.m. Dec. 25. Three shipwrecked men who had been in an open boat for 22 days were rescued yesterday and taKen to a hospital at Sanandres island in a serious condition from starvation and exposure. They were described as survivors from the auxiliary sailing ship Mary V, which sank in high seas on December 2, the day after leaving Colon. The lifeboat with the three men was sighted by a fishing boat and the men were picked up. The authorities at Sanandres ordered a careful search of the area where the boat was tound for other possible survivors from the Mary V.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27273, 27 December 1949, Page 5
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117ORDEAL AT SEA Otago Daily Times, Issue 27273, 27 December 1949, Page 5
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