Molesey Pounded in Storm off the Coast of Pembroke London; Nov. 28.
Seven members of the crew and the wife of the chief officer of the steamer Molesey have lost their lives through the wreck of the vessel near Wooltack Point, on the South Wales coast. Twenty-eight persons were Millions of listeners last heard an appeal broadcast from the London wireless station asking any ship in the vicinity of Wooltac'e Point £6 send, if possible, radio or visual signals to the Molesey, which was ashore and breaking op. was, however, a lifeboat from the linge of Angle, near Milford Haven, which eventually. rescueu those aboard the wrecked ship. The lifeboat was launched at 8 o'clock yesterday evening and straggler With terrific seas throughout the night, reaching the ship at dawn. Then, only with great difficulty, were the survivors taken off, One of them had a fractured leg.
The boatswain of the Molesey, a ing account of the ship's ordeal He said a gale was blowing as the ship rounded the Pembrokeshice coast and, in the midst of it, something seemed to go wrong with th: steering gear and the ship struck the rocks with terrific force, two of liber lifeboats being washed' awa: There was no shelter at all and th waves came crashing down upon the: vessel. Then the bridge was swept away by the pounding sea. Three of the men jumped overbeard and tried to reach shore, but the terrific waves wore too much for them and they were seen no more.
The wireless operator and of the mates were washed overboard some time afterwards. The vessel was sinking as the lifeboat approached.
Among the reserved were tre stowaways, who had not come ovt of their hiding place until the vessel struck the rocks—Reuter,
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