DESPERATE PLIGHT
SUCCOURED JUST IN TIME.
SLOOP BECALMED A FORTNIGHT.
FOOD AND WATER EXHAUSTED.
SUPPLIES FROAI PASSING SHIP.
(United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) BRISBANE, This Day.
Captain Fuller, of the steamer Canadian .Scottish, when the vessel arrived at Brisbane told how when seven days out from Halifax the sloop Golden City was sighted off Turk’s Island, in the Caribbean Sea, flying distress signals. The sloop had been becalmed for a fortnight. Her food and water were exhausted.
The crew of 20 who were in a desperate plight, were'given supplies and the Canadian Scottish proceeded on her journey.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 194, 30 May 1934, Page 5
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