WATERSPOUT DRAMA.
Papuan Native Fishermen Drowned. WHITE MAN'S LONG SWIM. (Received 10.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Swallowed by a waterspout off the Papuan coast recently, the crew of the ketch Lytton perished with the exception of a white man, who swam live miles to the shore. The tragedy was described by S. Brown, who arrived in Sydney. 011 the Macdhui. He said the Lytton was five miles from the coast, fishing, with Bruce Hamilton in charge and a crew of nine natives. Without warning the vessel was gripped in a waterspout and swept below the surface. The natives, although good swimmers, were so terror-stricken that they made 110 attempt to save themselves and all were drowned. Hamilton reached shore after a seven hours' swim through What are considered to be shark-infested waters.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 156, 3 July 1936, Page 7
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