Evening star., 1939-01-23
High Seas Batter
Twelve Ships
In Distress
Two Reported Out
Of Danger After
Flashing SOS
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Jan. 23.-Twelve ships,
buffeted by mountainous seas on
the Atlantic, sent distress calls to-
day as gales killed IL persons on
the southwest coast of England and
imperiled the lives of several nun
dred seamen and passengers.
Two of the vessels which sent
S o S calls later reported they were
temporarily out of danger. They
were the 3,807-ton Netherlands
steamer Parklaan with a crew of 81
and the 2,28O-ton British steamer
Terlings with a crew of Is.
The master of the Parklaan
radioed the Associated Press that
his vessels hull was cracked under
the waterline in a hurricane and
was leakly badly. He said the ship
was proceeding toward the Azores
under her own steam, however, es-
corted by the freighter Deerpool.
One Ship Afire.
Distress signals were flashed by
the Norwegian steamer Bajamar,
2,757 tons, and the 1,497-ton Ger
man freighter Lima Fisser, both in
the Bay of Biscay.
The Greek steamer Icarion, 40l3
tons. sent call for help from off
Ushant, on the French coast. near
the Western entrance to the Eng
lish Channel
The British steamer, Daleby. in
mid-Atlantic, reported fire in her
forepeak and said she was shipping
much water.
Lloyds also reported these ships in
difficulties:
The Chilean motorvessel Aconca-
qua, 1890 tons, with an estimated
crew of 200 and an unknown num-
ber of passengers.
The Greek cargo boat Tarkia,
1911 tons, crew of IS.
The Danish steamer Svend PHI,
1900 tons, crew of Is.
The Greek steamer Stamos, $500
tons, crew of 80.
The British steamer Bramhill,
1921 tons. crew of 20.
The Greek steamer Avra, 1852
tons, crew Of 35.
Steering Gear Damaged.
The Aconcagua, en- route to Liver
pool from Valparaiso, messaged that
her steering gear had been dam
aged by heavy seas. She gave her
position as 50 degrees north and
l4:2l west, approximately 200 miles
west Of the Irish coast. The Brit.
ish tug Zwarte Zee left Penzance tc
go to her aid.
The Tarkia sent an urgent mes
sage that gave her position as zoe
miles OH Lands End. The German
motor tanker Paul Harneit, 80 miles
away, changed her course to go tc
the Tarkia, en- route home from
Antwerp.
The Danish steamer Svend Phi
also was approximately 200 miles
of Lands End. She requested help
ano the British steamer Manaar
120 miles away, hurried to her aid
Steamer Leaking Badly.
In mid-Atlantic, the Netherlands
Parklaan reported she was leaking
badly after heavy seas had cracked
one OF her 12-foot plates and three
frames in the stokehold. She left
Boston January Is for Hamburg
and gave her position at midnight
at 81 degrees north and 5O.32 west.
The steamer American Merchant
picked up an sos at 3:13 am
10:l3 pm. Sunday, E. S. T) from
the Greek steamer Stamos, reported
to be at 1921 degrees north latitude
and 7.30 west longitude, or about
200 miles off the northwestern tip
Of Spain. The Stamos was bound
for Antwerp.
The British steamer Terlings, en-
route from Barry Roads to Bordeaux,
drifted helplessly in the Bay of
Biscay. her steering gear useless.
Gale Continues.
The gale, which at times reached
94 miles an hour, struck the coast
Of England last night and continued
today.
At Saint Ives, Cornwall, lifeboat,
answering rocket distress signal
from a small disabled boat of the
coast, set out at am. in rescue
attempt. The lifeboat capsized, and
seven of her eight members-who a
year ago escaped similar disaster
drowned. The disabled boat finally
crashed on some rocks, losing her
single crew man.
The gale toppled Devonport
house, killing two children. Minor
floods were reported along the coast.
The Bramhill sent an S o S mes
sage giving her position between
Lands End and Ushant.
The Greek steamer Avra sent an
S o s saying she was drifting
helplessly with her steering gear
decommissioned near Ushant in the
English Channel. She was bound to
Buenos Aires from Antwerp.
The German steamer Buenos
Aires, Hamburg to South America,
lost one sailor overheard. The for
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