NIAGARA DIVERTED TO GIVE MEDICAL AID
SUVA. March 30.
A few days out of Suva, the fifth engineer of the tanker W. B. Walker was taken seriously ill. A wireless call to th? Niagara resulted in a diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The Niagara wars diverted 1<»O miles out of her course, the patient was transferred to her and a successful operation was carried out.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 159, 31 March 1939, Page 12
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