SEAMAN LOST OVERBOARD.
' AUCKLAND, 9th April. ,On the voyage of the steamer Surrey from Liverpool to Auckland, a seaman fell overboard whert the vessel was halfway between Capetown • and Australia. A saloon, steward named C. l<eon de Lance immediately dived overboard to the rescue. He unsuccessfully searched for the missing man, whoso name was Porter. Suddenly he was viciously attacked by an albatross, and had great difficulty in beating it off. De Lance wa6 rescued with difficulty, but no trace of Porter was found.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 85, 10 April 1912, Page 3
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84SEAMAN LOST OVERBOARD. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 85, 10 April 1912, Page 3
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