Hauling One of the Cattle from the River
War-bride ship collide with cattle steamer in Mersey — cattle flounder in river.
Three hours after the war-bride ship "Empire Brent" (13,595 tons) had been in collision with the cattle steamer "Stormont" (1,031 tons), which capsized, cattle and ho...
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Rescued Passengers
Left to right: (1) Piyadasa, the 21-year-old ferryman, (2) Hendrick Singho with his son — the only surviving child of his family. Two of his daughters were drowned. Two other daughters had died of illness recently. Note the boil on the boy's back ...
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Last of the Flying Enterprise
Two dramatic pictures showing the last moments in the life of the ill-fated American freighter Flying Enterprise. At top the vessel is seen keeling over flat with the mast touching the water, while below the bows of the vessel are about to be subm...
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The American Freighter 'Enterprise'
Seas wash the listing deck of the American freighter Flying Enterprise as she drifts helplessly off Land's End. The tow row from the tug Turmoil parted early this morning, but despite this, the ship has been drifting, aided by gale force winds, in...
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'Fernview'
Tanker Capsizes.
Buzzards Bay, Mass: The United States tanker "Dynafuel" 3,100 tons, which was involved in a collision yesterday with the Norwegian cargo ship "Fernview" 6,732 tons, capsizes.
After salvage experts had parted the two vessels today,...
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Captain Erikson and Wife Saved from Wrecked Windjammer
Captain and wife saved from wrecked windjammer.
A dramatic photograph taken as Captain Erikson, the captain, was being rescued by breeches buoy from the wreck of his famous old windjammer, HERZOGIN CECILIE, on the rocks at Salcombe, Devon. His wif...
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The Icelandic Farmer Magnus with a Lifebelt
In late January the Danish Greenland ship "HANS HEDTOFT" sank off Greenland with about 100 persons aboard. No trace of the vessel was found and now the Icelandic farmer Magnus Haflidason was walking along the beach near his farm when he found a li...
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Rescuers
Crowded ferry capsizes.
Wellington, New Zealand: Rescuers dash ashore with young children after a giant ferry carrying more than 600 passengers and crew had keeled over and sank in Wellington harbor in a 120 m.p.h. gale. Reports said that at least...
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The 'Dara' Caught a Fire
The British ship Dara which sank in the Persian Gulf last Tuesday. The "Dara" 5,030 tons, had left Dubai, on the Persian Gulf, to ride out a storm; fire broke out and heavy explosions apparently destroyed many of the lifeboats. Latest reports give...
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'Citta de Trapani'
The Italian vessel "Citta de Trapani" (2,400 tons) ran aground on a reef during a storm off the north-west coast of Sicily recently. A helicopter made an attempt to take off an injured man — but failed. The man was later rescued by a fishing boat ...
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