A SAILOR'S PLUCKY SWIM.
WRECK OF THE MANDALAY. By Telegraph-Press Association—Oopyriclit (R-ec. May 29, 0.35 a.m.) Perth, May 28. The- castaways from the Norwegian barque Mandalay, wrecked near Albany, have arrived. They state that the vessel was driven off her course by a. series of gales. Tho captain ran ashore on n sandy bcaoh. A seaman named Ward, the only Englishman aboard, at great risk carried a life-line ashore,, by which the balanco of the crew landed safely. Tho men. suffered considerable hardships on their overland journey. The Mandalay has a hole in her hull, her mainmast has gone, and she is embedded in sand, with 6eas breaking over her. It is unlikely that tho vessel can be refloated.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1139, 29 May 1911, Page 5
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