MIDSHIPMAN’S BRAVERY
STORM IN CARIBBEAN SEA. CONGRATULATIONS FROM PRINCE. British Official Wireless. Rec. 5.5 p.m. Rugby, Jan. 25. The Prince of Wales as Master of the Merchant Navy has congratulated Midshipman Timms, who displayed exceptional bravery and endurance in the Blue Funnel liner Phoius, which was recently for five days at the mercy of a hurricane in the Caribbean Sea. So violent was the wind that the hatch covers were ripped off and a 30-ton funnel was lifted bodily out. of. the vessel’s decks. Timms’ head was cut open during the hurricane, but for 23 hours in the scuppers he poured oil on the water beneath the vessel’s bows. The captain declared that his failure would have meant almost certain disaster, as 1200 tons of water poured in through the open hatches.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 January 1934, Page 7
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