PLIGHT OF RANGER
ONLY FEW OF CREW RESCUED NEW YORK, March 2. After standing by all day and far into the night, the Newfoundland was able to take off only a few of the Ranger’s crew, due to a continuation of extremely high seas. The vessels are only twelve miles from land but the Ranger’s condition continues must precarious. A salvage tug and other vessels are rushing from Halifax to render aid.
The sealer Ranger, a wooden vessel of 520 tons, built in 1871, was I > ported sinking 15 miles from the St. Lawrence River, with 150 men aboard who were using buckets to bail the water from open hatches. A message stated that it was impossible to keep the ship afloat, but a later message stated that the Newfoundland was alongside the vessel and was taking off the crew. No details were then known.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 54, 6 March 1939, Page 10
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