CAUGHT IN WATERSPOUT
KETCH OVERWHELMED OFF PAPUA. ONLY A WHITE MAN SAVED. (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel, Copyright). SYDNEY, July 3. Overwhelmed by a waterspout oil the Papuan coast recently, the crew of the ketch Lytton perished with the exception of a. white man, who swam five miles to the shore. Tim tragedy was described by Mr S. Brown, who arrived at Sydney by the Macdliui yesterday. He said that the Lytton was live miles from the coast fishing with Air Bruce Hamilton in charge and a crew of nine natives. Without warning, the vessel was gripped in a. waterspout and swot below the surface. 'The natives, although good swimmers, were so ter-ror-stricken that they made no attempt to save themselves, and all were drowned. Mr Hamilton reached the shore after swimming for seven hours through shark-infested waters.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12905, 4 July 1936, Page 8
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