STORMS IN THE ATLANTIC
FOUR VESSELS DISABLED
SHIPS. SPEEDING TO RELIEF
TRAWLER REPORTED, LOST
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian Press Association. New- York, Jan. 26.
Rescue ships and salvage tugs are steaming to-night to the aid of four vessels reported disabled in high seas and gales which are sweeping the Atlantic for 1000 miles off the American shores.
The latest steamer to report itself in distress is the Silver Maple, 780 miles east of Boston. Coastguard cutters are proceeding to her relief.
The steam trawler Seiner is believed to have been lost off George’s Banks. The steamer Cape Vado, 750 miles east of Bermuda, is the object, of search by the Western Knight, which answered the Cape Vado’s distress signals.
The steamship Fernlane was reported to have lost her rudder and to be helplesss 500 miles south-east of Bermuda. A salvage tug is steaming to take her in tow. .
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 January 1929, Page 9
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