Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-11-12 | Page 1 | 11 Adrift on Sea in Storm Rescued

r T 11 Adrift on an on Sea Sei Se in ih Storm Rescued Naval Vessel icks Picks l t tUp Up Wreck Survivors After Long Search I Men Taken From Lifeboats to Which They Fled When Ship Sank FIVE OTHERS ARE DEAD Hunt Started When Plane Sighted Castaways B By United Pr Pm BALBOA C. C Z Nov 10 12 Eleven l m men u who for lor days drifted helplessly In lifeboats on tossed storm d Caribbean Caribbean Caribbean bean waters were mere rescued alive e today today to to- to-I to da day by the United States mine sweep sweep- sw sweeper er rr Swan v They had tossed about In their lifeboats since their steamer r the Baden lInden Baden was wu wrecked in one of the tho sudden storms of that tropical area For days das rescue had bad been near Pilot Frank Orm Ormsbee bce of the Pan- Pan American Airways sighted the driftIng driftIng driftIng drift- drift Ing lifeboats last Monday as he swung his big plane over the regular air course coune He could make no landing for lor re rescue ue as the sea lIea was churning high He signaled back to the frantic waving of the castaways signifying he had seen them and then rushed on to advise authorities of ot the tho whereabouts whereabouts whereabouts where where- of ot the castaways cutaways I I O ONLY OY LY Ol ONE INJURED INJURED All AJI members of ot the crew of ot the Baden Baden rescued by the navy mine sweeper Swan with the tho tion of ot the captain of the ship were apparently uninjured and In good physical condition despite their long stay In the open lifeboat The captain was described In the navy radio dispatch as u a stretcher ease case from spine injuries The dispatch added that there thero had been but 16 men In the tho crew of the Costa and five were known to be dead Therefore the Swan advised tho the na navy it was proceeding pro pro- to the Coco Solo base bue with the th survivors TO io CHECK IOSSI POSSIBILITY I The na navy was advised In a supplementary supple supple- supplementary message from Rear Admiral Admiral Ad Ad- miral Irwin commandant of 01 th the Coco Solo SoJo Canal zone ne naval base that he has hu directed officers of ot th the tho Swan to consult with the castaway castaways as to the Ute possibility of ot f t further survivors survivors survivors sur sur- sur- sur from front the Baden Bade Baden being alive and afloat somewhere In the Caribbean Naval officers have presumed that tha thatA A continuance of the plane search which is being carried on by the oa navy would depend upon the reply