THE LEINSTER DISASTER.
NEW ZEALANDER'S ESCAPE. ' -V -A 5 2 X" y A. »nd N.Z. LONDON, Oct.f^. A' New - Zealander, Mr. :P, Halse, bad a. remarkable escape when , the .Leinster sank: Halse was paralysed in 'the. right arm. , ..When the first.torpfcdtf'pXplodad a friend placed a lifebelt around-Mi'. Halse's neck, and when the second ; torpedo strode both were flung . into It he i watfer. Mr Halse floated for a considerable time until he drifted towards a lifeboat, which was crowded. ■He held on to the side of the lifeboat for three-quarters of an hour with his uninjured hqnd until exhausted, and was then hauled into- the boat -by means of ropes around his body;;. He was landed unconscious. 'His J- friend was drowned. '. '' l "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16982, 16 October 1918, Page 7
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123THE LEINSTER DISASTER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16982, 16 October 1918, Page 7
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