17 NOVEMBER 1928, Page 3

The loss of the Lamport and Holt liner Vestris,' which

foundered in the Atlantic on Monday, the day after leaving New York for Buenos Aires, shows that science, though it has made the seas much safer, cannot always bring rescue. The wireless operator, following the heroic tradition of his occupation, sent out messages till the last moment and his fate is not yet known. The captain is believed to have gone down with tlis ship. Most of the passengers and the crew took to the boats in a very rough sea, when no rescuing ship was yet in sight. Later several of the boats were picked up. We have sorrowfully to add that when we write more than a hundred persons are missing. * * * *