GLASS-BOTTOM BOAT
60 PASSENGERS MIf S ?EATH
NEW YORK, Feb. 16. Sixtv passengers and the crew of three werc’Ytiihd yesterday from tpe wreck of a glass-bottomed sight-seeing boat off the- coral seaibottom gardens surrounding Fishers miles from-Miami, Florida. The ' boat makes daily trips tor tourists, under the command of Captain Joan Meschel, above remarkably beautiful coral growths' and sea plant life which the passengers observe through the boat's glass bottom. ' During yesterday's visit the rudder struck a sandbar, against which title boat swung heavily, causing a brojtk in the glass. Water poured in, attd there was no way of repairing the glass. The nearest, rescue craft whs a iishing boat a mile away. A woman passenger took off her skirt and signalled the fishing boat, which responded 1 , and towed the glass--1 bottomed- craft to neighboring sand. The boat's ddiik was’Kwftkk wh?n -it reached the sand, which connects with Fishers Island, where there is a paktial estate belonging to Mr. William K.'Vanderbilt. ' - ' ' ’’ A telephone call from the. Vanderbilt mansion, .to the Miami police brought scores of fishing boats, private yachts; speedboats, and several seaplanes, and all the passengers and crew were taken to Miami.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17233, 12 April 1930, Page 10
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