POISONED BY FISH
COLLEGE BOYS ON CRUISE
HELP AT PITCAIRN ISLAND
BALBOA, March 6.
A letter just received from the Chief Magistrate at Pitcairn Island, Mr. Richard Christian, a descendant of Fletcher Christian, stated that the American schooner yacht Yankee arrived at the island early in February with all on board except one poisoned by fish and nearly helpless.
The Yankee sailed" from Gloucester, Massachusetts, on a world cruise manned by 16 college boys and commanded by Mr. Irving Johnson, whose wife and another woman were also on board.
The Pitcairn Islanders were compelled to carry the men ashore. They had eaten fish which they had caught.
While the men were recuperating the Yankee was used by the Pitcairn Islanders to carry wood from Henderson Island. ,
All had now recovered and were sailing for New Zealand on February 14.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 56, 8 March 1937, Page 9
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139POISONED BY FISH Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 56, 8 March 1937, Page 9
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