The story of how til© crew of a trawler was saved through comunication' by means of 'bladders thrown overboard was told at a Board of Ttade inquiry at Hull into tlic loss of the trawler Mackenzie on the coast of Iceland. Tie skipper, John Gant, stated that when the trawler struck on December 12 there was no land to be seen. By the time daylight set in tlhe trawler had been driven over three sand banks. Two Icelanders could be seen on shore, and the crew tried to get into communication with them by means of bladders, which were thrown overboard with wires attached. Eventually one of the bladders was washed ashore, and the Icelanders hitched on to it a rope, which was at once hauled back .to the trawler. This was fixed to the rigging, and one. by \ one the crew reached the land. .
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3192, 11 April 1911, Page 5
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145Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3192, 11 April 1911, Page 5
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