HUMAN MONKEY.
FALL FROM TOPSAIL YARD. LONDON, June 25. While working on a topsail yard 100 ft above the deck, Saharoff, a Russian sailor on the Finnish ship Lawhill, lost his balance owing to the breaking of a rope, and fell into the sea. fie rose to the surface, and swimming easily, overtook the ship, which was making two knots an hour. "I've lost my cap," he exclaimed, in a tone of annoyance, but returned to work without further ado. "He isa real human monkey," said R. H. Bristowe, of Adelaide, a sailor on the Lawhill, to a "Sun" representative. "He ueed to stand on his head on the mast head in calm weather, and somersault on to the yardarms." The Finns told Bristowe that at least one Australian was killed on their sailing ships each year.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 151, 29 June 1931, Page 7
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