ICELAND WRECK
SHIP ON ROCKS SOLE SURVIVOR'S STORY REYKJAVIK, Sept. 17. Awakened *from a sleep during which he had gesticulated and shouted, apparently believing he was rescuing a. comrade, M. Gouidec, the sole, survivor of the Pourquoi Pas disaster in which 33 lives were lost, told of Dr. Charcot's last moments. ■ • "The officers were doubtful regarding the identity of two lighthouses," ,M. Gouidec said, "and-I-was sent below-to-fetch' .charts. While .I. was below, the Pourquoi Pas was flung bet wee;? rocks. The engine-room filled, and the machinery stopped. "We attempted to set sails, but the foremast toppled overboard. There was no panic, and life-belts were distributed. Captain Leconnait ordered all to save themselves, and the crew \eaped overboard. «, "The last I saw of Dr. Charcot and Captain Leconnait was as were standing tdgether' on the- bridge."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19131, 28 September 1936, Page 5
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