VESSEL SINKS IN GALE
HUGE WAVE ENVELOPS SHIP VIVID DRAMA FOR SPECTATORS [By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) Received Dec. 6, 10 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 6. At the height of a gale, the collier Frances Duncan, on her way from Cardiff to Rouen, two miles off shore, was caught in a veritable wall of water near Penzance and heeled over like a child's toy. The water closed above her -nd when she reappeared, lying < n her side, she sank in full view of the shore and the barque Alice Marie, which was nearby. Sixteen out of 21 were drowned. Most were trapped below but bya miracle five were saved, thanks to the pluck, quickness and remarkable seamanship of the Alice Marie. It was a vivid drama to those ashore, watching first the Frances Duncan’s fight against the gale, then the disaster, and finally the astonishing rescues.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 291, 7 December 1929, Page 9
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