RESCUED SAILORS"
GELEBRATING AN ANNIVERSARY
STORY
Ship's Bow Wrenched
Off In Storm
Boston, Feb. 20. Members of the crew who have been rescued from the broken tanker Fort Mercer, battered by storm winds off Cape Cod, have given vivid details of what happened aboard the ship..
Describing how the ship broke up in the storm, Seaman Luis Glees said, "It felt something
like a crath. We thought we had been rammed."
He was at breakfast in the mess on Monday with about 12 other crew-men who had Just
Come
off watch.
were
"AL nine o'clock we alented. It was an emergency and we went topside with our belts on and took the covers of The 1feboats," Gilces con-
Unued.
"The ship kept shuddering in heavy seas unti noon, when the star- bow turned suddenly to
The board and wrenched off. ship buckled as the boy came BET and the front bulkhead plunged into the waves"
RESCUERS PRAISED
All the crew-men praised the performed by the
rescue
Acussnet and its crew,
never want to be slip-
The Pakistan High Com- missioner, Mr Rahimtoola (left) with the Indian High Commissioner, Mr Menon, at a reception given by the latter in London to celebrate the anniversary of the foun dation of the Republic of India. Express Service.
wrecked again, but if I am I hopt AMBITIOUS
that
the Acussnet is
They did a great job," Joseph Fink, Third
Engineer.
and
Assistnut
He added, "It was too rough to consider putting boots over the side. What really worried us was that it was going to blow
PLANNING
IN CAIRO
up again last night. I am sure
Cairo, Feb. 20. glad to get on the Acussnet, Tacy asked us who wanted 12 Egypt is planning to buy stay aboard (the Mercer) and £100,000,000 worth of goods from who didn't," with reference to Russia, Abdallah ... Abaza Bey,
of the Mercer.United Presa,
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21,...1952.
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