TERRIFIC GALE.
THREE SEAMEN KILLED. PERTH, February 12. A graphic description of gales which resulted in three seamen being killed and four others badly injured, was given by passengers on the Ulysses which has arrived at Fremantle. An eye-witness said: “On the night we left Liverpool heavy seas damaged the forecastle. Eight men were deputed to repair the damage. The mate went to the prow and with a whistle warned the seamen of particularly dangerous waves, and at each blast the men, dashed back to safety. When the work was almost completed a tremendous wall of water broke over the men, and before they could reach cover they were smashed against the deck, three being killed outright.” The Ulysses made for Swansea, but owing to the huge seas the bodies of the injured men could not be sent ashore until the next day.
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Wairarapa Age, 13 February 1936, Page 5
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