Word: daly
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Dates: during 1929-1929
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...Vinci wired that she was caught in a gale, then for two days while she was tossed and harried no word was heard. Captain Angelo Sturlese was on the bridge for 72 hours, the SOS of other ships sounding in his ears. When the Italian steamer Senatore Dali, foundering nearby, sent an SOS, Captain Sturlese despatched his tug to her. Dr. Modigliani in an ecstasy of apprehension made repeated trips to the hold; in case of accident he had the pictures, sculptures and ivories swaddled in pneumatic mattresses to keep them afloat. Once before Dr. Modigliani had seen such works...