THIRILLING RESCUE
STEAMER DRIFTS ASHORE (Received December 27, 2 p.m.) LONffthN, Dec. 26. The rioewood lifeboat on Christmas 'Day rescued six men, the skeleton crew of the French steamer Tchad, bound from Bordeaux to Morecombe. The Tchad dragged'he." anchor and drifted on to Pilling sands. Rockets were not availing, and the crew soaked mattresses with paraffin and burned them, attracting- the lifeboat crew, who launched their craft in tlu teeth of the gale. The lifeboat crew battled for hours, and evenually threw a rope to the vessel, rescuing the crew.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17143, 27 December 1929, Page 6
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90THIRILLING RESCUE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17143, 27 December 1929, Page 6
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