ANCIENT CAR SAVES LIVES
OLD GENERATOR TO SEND SOS HAIR-RAISING BATTLE WITH SEA. BATTERED VESSEL REACHES PORT. »— By Telegraph—Prose Assn.—Copyright. Havana, Dec. 29. An ancient generator and battery on an old ear saved tho lives of eight passengers and 20 of tho crew of tho steamer Santa Anna, whch reached port towed behind the Athol Chief after, a hair-raising struggle with waves which opened tho vessel’s scams and sent seawater above tho engine-room floor. Tho pumps were started on December •17, after three days’ battering. All the steam available was turned into . tho pumping, but the water gradually gained as tho ship wallowed through the sea. Tho radio generator refused to work, and the ship’s company was faced with foundering. , , Somcono then thought of an old-time flivver stored below. Iho car was stripped of its battery ami spark coil, and within half an hour their 80S wm answered by tho steamer A tool Uhiei, which towed them to port.
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 December 1929, Page 11
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