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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1934)
MEDFOUD MAIL TRIBUXE, FEDFORD, OREGON", "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 193. PAGE FIVE 16 DISABLED VESSEL Gripping Drama of Sea Wit nessed by Passengers of Liners Standing by Storm- j Tossed Freighter, Sisto modern In outturn Oregon, and the fire wu tpectacular. Ninety ton of hay went In smoke. In a civil suit In federal court, growing out of the blaze, a verdict was returned In favor of the High brothers. Pulton Finally Killed Baby. MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (UP) It took two years tor home-made rat poison to prove fatal to four-year-old Frank Walker. The mixture of lye and molasses burned through the child's throat, starving him to death. Married In Lion's Cage. LEOMINSTER. Maaa. (UP) A hope that It wasn't symbolic of what their married life would be was ex pressed when Ida M. K lamer and Ralph A. Roaster were married In a cage with a bear and two lions. Sheriff and Justice Fined. ROCKVILLE. Conn. (UP) During a non-parking campaign. Sheriff Fred Vinton and Justice Pitch Jones found police tags dangling from the steering wheels of their automobiles. Both paid fines of S3. Skunk Broke l'p Rehearsal. WINDSOR, Conn. (UP) A skunk ambled Into the Windsor Dramatic club during a rehearsal and players lost little time In beating a retreat. Until the air cleared the rehearsal was held In nearby rooms. BRANDON, Vt. (UP) The situa tion was reversed by Mrs. George Clove, 42-year-old grandmother. Her married son and daughter had pre sented her with four grandchildren, but she recently presented them with a brother. Nearly 14,000,000 annually In taxes Is paid the Philippine government on tobacco. More than 100 coyotes were trap ped In a month on the Mnshad-O ranch near Amherst, Tex. By FRANK K. GANNETT Publisher of the Gannett Newspapers (Copyright, 1934, by the Associated Press) ABOARD THE 8. 6. EUROPA AT 8EA, Dec. 19. (AP) Sixteen men perilously near death on the storm crushed freighter Ststo owe their Uvea today to a gallant lifeboat crew from the passenger liner New York. Amidst storm lashed seas, the Slsto's crew was takeji from the sinking freighter late last night, while four vessels. Including the palatial Europa, stood by playing searchlights 'on the scene. . Passengers Watch Feat. The dramatic victory of the New Tork'a tiny lifeboat over the North Atlantic was accomplished as virtu ally every person on the Europe watched anxiously the progress of the rescue craft to and from the freighter. There was a great shout of Joy from the Europa as the lifeboat reached the side of the New York In safety. It had been a precarious trip for the small rescue boat, for the rolling seas tossed the craft like a bobbing cork. It reached the side of the crip pled Sisto, tyowever, and the mem bers of her crew, weary from long hours of battling the savage storm, dropped quickly into the lifeboat. Then began the even more danger out trip back to the New York, for this time the boat was laden almost beyond capacity. Although lights from the surrounding vessels pierced the darkness, there were times when the lifeboat was scarcely less visible from the Europa and only an occa sional flash of an oar could be seen. Rescue S'one Too Soon. The rescue of the 16 men of the Sisto, a Norwegian boat, was accom plished apparently none too soon, for the little vessel was In a help leas condition when the Europa reached the scene of distress, ap proximately 300 miles off the coast of Ireland. The Slsto's rudder had been twisted Into a useless thing, and her whole superstructure had been crushed by giant waves. Her lifeboats had been washed away and the ship was In dire need when the New York, Hamburg-American liner, launched her lifeboat. . , The Sisto was further endangered by her shifting cargo of lumber, which had caused her to list badly. It seemed to be only a matter ol hours before the little vessel would succumb to the sea. She was left-In a sinking condition, with one feebl: light showing. The New York continued on her way to Cherbourg' soon after thr Slsto's crew had been taken aboard. The Europa and the other two vessel? at the scene, the Cunard-Whtte Star liner Auranla and the British tanker Mob 1 loll also resumed their courses Oil Falls Quiet Sea. It was the Mob 1 loll which had stood by the Sisto for more than 18 hours, held by the heavy seas from taking the crew off the freighter Tons of oil poured on the water by the Mobiloll had failed to calm the water and the tanker finally sent out calls for assistance which brought the New York, the Auranla and the Europa rushing to the spot Anxiety gripped thk Europa's pas sengers when the huge liner turned her prow toward the Sisto, 140 mile away. As she pushed forward through terrific waves, passengers In evening dress bundled themselves In heavy clothing and came on deck, peering into the darkness to see the stricken freighter. ' Vessels Race to Scene. Then In the distance they -caught a glimpse of another ship hurrying to the rescue. As the Europa neared the spot , where the Sisto lay wal lowing In the waves, two other ves sels were seen, the Mobiloll and the Auranla. The four ships were about half a mile from the Sisto when the New York sent her lifeboat over the side They dared not come closer because of the high seas. The Europa's big rubber boat had been made ready during the run to the Blsto. but it was not needed. Members of the Ascanla's crew said a 90 to 120-mlle gale was blow ing and wares were running SO to 50 feet high while the rescue was being made. Captain J. O. P. Blsset of the Ascnnla said It was the beat piece of rescue work he had ever seen. H HCE Best Cleaner by Test You Pay Less 534.95 S4 Down. 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