CRUISER IN STORM.
SEVERAL OF THE CREW INJURED. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, February 21. The Admiralty states that during a severe and sudden storm at Nassau, in the Bahamas, on Monday last, violent seas broke over the forecastle and upper deck of the cruiser, Durban. Whittaker, a commissioned gunner, sustained two broken ribs, besides other minor injuries, while Renton, a blacksmith, also received severe injuries. Eleven other members of the crew received minor injuries. During the storm three of the boats belonging to the ship were , driven ashore, two of them being practically destroyed.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18502, 25 February 1930, Page 9
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94CRUISER IN STORM. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18502, 25 February 1930, Page 9
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