From there on until this morning, it was a grim fight to save the ship Some times the pumps gained—sometimes the water, but at last it became clear that the water must eventually win.
With a list of fifteen degrees to starboard, rolling heavily we struggled back toward Brisbane in a gallant effort to save the ship and ourselves.
We have lost the ship but thanks io the magnificent seamanship of Captain Raven of the s. Mildura and the cool courage and skilful boat work of the chief and third officers and the volunteer boat crews of that ship we are safe at last.
It was a long-drawn-out agony and I have lost all my clothing, including all the new hats and frocks I purchased in Sydney, but I have seen and experienced a rescue at s in really heavy weather and the quiet way in which the men of the sea face the worst with the odds against them.
When my husband told n espouse to his radio mes:
Mildura was coming to our a ance I was on the alert every minute and when I spotted her about dusk the looked like a mere pencil line on the horizon, Later she became volunteers from the Mildura their Third Officer in com Someone said "Jump for the lifeboat Lady" and as it came up on a crested wave I did and with the help of one of the sturdy men landed safely.
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