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Shipwreck account on Hoodoo ship voyage and rescue
A narrative recalls the sinking of a ship during a voyage, detailing a night of peril for crew members including a life- raft evacuation, entangling ropes, and a heroic rescue by a Y M C A member. Survivors reached a destroyer, with one man lost and others saved. the party later praised for calm and bravery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Pacific Coast
Parsons
Harry Holmes
Cook
Iry
Thad
Hungerford
Atlantic