THROUGH WAR ZONE TO SAND BANK
(Received October 20, 12.30 a.m.)
LONDON, October 19. After safely crossing 7000 miles of war-zone waters with a valuable cargo of foodstuffs the. Blue Star liner lonic Star went aground in a thick fog on a sand bank 18 miles off the western coast of England, breaking her back. The passengers and crew were rescued uninjured. Salvage ships are endeavouring to save some of the cargo. The vessel was inward bound from South America.
'■HiiMiiiiHiiiEaininiiiwiiiiHiimiiiiwiiißiiiiwnminiaiiiii r
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19391020.2.64.3
Bibliographic details
Southland Times, Issue 23953, 20 October 1939, Page 7
Word Count
82THROUGH WAR ZONE TO SAND BANK Southland Times, Issue 23953, 20 October 1939, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Southland Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in