Tooele County Chronicle | 1948-06-11 | Page 8 | Fisherman Clings to Mast 26 Hours; Rescued by Liner |

Type	issue
Date	1948-06-11
Paper	Tooele County Chronicle
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Fisherman Clings to Mast 26 Hours; Rescued by Liner
Type	article
Date	1948-06-11
Paper	Tooele County Chronicle
Page	8
OCR Text	Show fisherman clings to mast 26 hours rescued by liner VANCOUVER B C fisherman patrick kelly 41 was rescued from his slowly sinking boat after cling ing to the mast for 26 hours when the canadian pacific steam er princess elaine rescued kelly only six feet of the mast was above water the 31 foot boat had been swamped by heavy breakers 10 miles northwest of here I 1 don t think my boat would have stayed afloat much longer kelly said I 1 prayed to god that somebody would see me before I 1 went down I 1 lived all my overseas empen ances again I 1 thought well may be I 1 didn dian t get it overseas but I 1 m going to get it now t kelly landed in normandy on D day
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vx1trr/20496751