NARROW ESCAPE FROM WRECK.
NO NAVIGATOR ABOARD. (Received 10.45 a.m.) FREMANTLE, this day. The deaths of the captain and first mate left the barque in charge of the second mate, who was ignorant of navigation.
The vessel was then beating about in the vain hope of finding land. ".Vhen found the vessel was in n position between two reefs, and had the weather not been calm she imiSf have been wrecked.
Four men in the lifeboat left the vesool at nine o'clock in the morning and reached the fishing boat Flcetwipg at four the same afternoon. They requested help to navigate the vessel in ?.i f e!>-.
Johnnson, the skipper of the Fli-etwi.ig, boarded the Victor and brought the vessel safely into port. Four of the crew are suffering from African fever, brought aboard by musquitoes at Delagoa Bay. The crew had plenty of provisions throughout.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19130506.2.29
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 107, 6 May 1913, Page 5
Word Count
146NARROW ESCAPE FROM WRECK. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 107, 6 May 1913, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in