LOSS OF S.S. ROWAN
THE WORK OF RESCUE. ASSISTED BY SEARCHLIGHTS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received October 10, 7.25 p.m. LONDON, October 10. Tiie Clan Malcolm was answering the Rowan’s S.O.S. call, which stated there was no immediate danger of sinking, and the crow were launching Hie lifeboats and serving out lifebelts, when tiie second collision occurred.
The warship Wrestler’s searchlights enabled her boats to see Ihc survivors struggling in the water; otherwise Hie death roll would have been greater amid the darkness-
Several were saved by sailors jumping into the water from Hie destroyer and holding the people up until the boat picked them up.
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14772, 11 October 1921, Page 5
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