SUFFERING SEAMEN.
AN AWFUL VOYAGE. jsf
HELPLESS IN MID-OCEAN*
RESCUED JUST IN TIME,
Australian and N.Z. Cabie Assn. Received April 12 th, 11.30 a-m.
LONDON, April 11.
After three months struggle in the} ice-ribbed region and the mid-AtlanUe, the crew of the British ship Rita M. Cluett, were brought to Plymouth. They narrate a "remarkable story of a fight with storms, cold and hunger on a terrible voyage from Oporto. When nearing St. Johns the ship was driven back by a gale through numbers of huge icebergs. The crew* five of whom were already suffering, were now in desperate straits, having practically no food, while the only water was melted snow. Their lives were saved by port wine and brandy, carried for medicinal purposes. With her rudder smashed, sails blown away, and lifeboats useless, the ship drifted into the track of shipping where the crew were rescued by the liner President Fittmore, when their last hope was gone. The men were landed at Plymouth in a shocking condition. One weighed 801 b. instead of his normal 16011)*
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Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15211, 12 April 1923, Page 5
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