29 Picked Up From Lost Coaster
(N 2 J 3 .A .-Reuter—Copyright) PORT MORESBY, March 31. Twenty-nine survivors from the coastal trading vessel, Polurrian, were picked up at sea today off the west coast of Bougainville, marine sources said in Port Moresby today.
The reasons for the loss of ' the Polurrian were unknown, i pending questioning of sur- i vivors. i ■ The 135-foot ship left Sohano on Buka Island, on i Thursday, on a 200-mile trip < to Rabaul but was not heard 1 of again after clearing Sohano. The chief engineer of the Polurrian is a New Zealander, Mr Maurice Farrant, formerly of Oamaru Mr Farrant has been at sea since 1951. In 1958 he gained a Royal Humane Society award for bravery in another shipping tragedy in the same i area. t The Papua New Guinea I marine superintendent. Cap* ( tain G A. Hawley, said the 1 search for survivors would 1 continue tomorrow. New Guinea island area c ,marine sources said there <
was a chance some 40 people might have been aboard when the 135-foot vessel ran into fatal difficulty. Survivors, who were understood to be suffering from exposure, will be landed in Rabaul tomorrow.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30095, 1 April 1963, Page 15
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