In Peril on the Sea: The Story of Ethel Bell and Her Children Mary and Robert by Robert Bell and D. Bruce Lockerbie

Jaffray Collection of Missionary Portraits. Missionary widow Ethel Bell and her children are uprooted by the war (1942) from their West Africa station. Their freighter bound for America was hit by torpedoes. The ship sunk and they, along with 16 other people, ended up on a 8x10 foot raft for 20 days.