Item 01: James Lindsell diary, 10 February-31 December 1915 - Page 11
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[Page 11]
18 February 1915
Thursday
2am Receive wireless message from the Seang Bee. She has piled herself on a sandbank in the Inner passage. We turn about and race at 14 knots to her assistance
6am Catch sight of her with steam up
7 am Stop engines within ¼ of a mile of her. She is trying to get off by backing her propeller.
10 am We pass a wire hawser to her to give her a tow off it breaks as soon
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as strain is taken
Repeat this two or three times without success. We stand by all night
At 10 pm the S.S Empire passes us but does not stop.
Continue same tactics but no good.
Get all boats out & take turns to go for excursions to (wreck) Government Launches arrive from Thursday Is.
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