Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-11 | Page 6 | Old Ship's Speed Saves Ninety Lives

OLD SHIPS SHIP'S SPEED SAVES SA YES NINETY LIVES LAGOS Nigeria June Junc 11 V- V Ninety passengers on the Spanish steamship Tiede which was wrecked Wednesday of off Fernando Po island land were saved b by the tremendous burst t of or sailing speed of oC the year old British steamer Appam it was learned here today The old Appam steaming through the tropic night with flames belching from her funnels and the needles of her pressure gauges teetering around the danger mark covered miles in fn less than 7 71 2 2 1 hours and arrived just in time to rescue the 90 from the sinking sinkin ship As a result of the old ships ship's dash the total casualties in what threatened threatened threatened threat threat- ened to be a major sea disaster were limited to the loss of ot five live natives four foura a of whom jumped overboard in the shark-infested shark waters The fifth died on board About other passengers had Rot got ot awa away auay in lifeboats shortly after the ship struck