Word: andreas
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...towed 70 more in other boats, to safety. Their 26-ft. self-bailing surfboat was the first on the scene. They plucked 14 from the sea and rushed them beachward; they returned immediately to find the City of Savannah and Monarch of Bermuda in the vicinity and later the Andrea F. Luckenbach and from then on they picked up the survivors and turned them over to the liner by the boat load. The surfboats cannot hold more than 20 persons without foundering...
...horizon, was most effective. She skidded up to the Morro Castle like a polo pony, wheeled and dropped four of her boats with one splash before losing headway. The Monarch, Captain Albert R. Francis commanding, picked up 71 people. With less finesse, the City of Savannah rescued 65, the Andrea S. Luckenbach 21. Also on the scene was the Dollar Liner President Cleveland. She arrived at 6:20 a. m., lowered no boats until 7:08. She resumed her voyage at 8:03 without having saved a single soul...
...dawn the blazing Morro Castle was surrounded by rescue ships, the great three-funnelled Monarch of Bermuda, the coastwise steamer City of Savannah and the freighter Andrea F. Luckenbach, one of whose officers in a small boat grabbed young Phelps, dragged him to safety. Contorted faces appeared at cabin portholes, trapped, staring out from the red-hot plates. Some cursed and raved. In his own little private hell, one man seemed to smile and wave his hand in farewell...
Engaged. Richard Leo Simon, 34, Manhattan publisher (Simon & Schuster: cross word puzzles; The Story of Philosophy; Trader Horn); and Andrea Heinemann, 25. his office telephone operator...
...Died. Andrea Liaptcheff, 66, onetime (1926-31) Premier of Bulgaria; of cancer; in Sofia...