STRANGE HIDING PLACE

Grey River Argus, 6 September 1930, Page 11

STRANGE HIDING PLACE

BURIED AMONG TIMBER. i PLIGHT OE STOWAWAY. I Found as a stowaway on a Norwegian timber steamer bound from the White Sen to Rotter urn with a <arg» of piiops. a Russian prisoner toils a’i| amazing story of his escape from, the After passing Tromso th.' crew heard a mysterious knocking and dis covered the ma n concealed below Ihe cargo where he was hidden for 11 days without food or water. IL.* had kept himself alive by gnawing at the props. The captain of the ship succeeded i:. lowering water and food to the stow away. •On arrival at Haugesund a Russian interpreter -’poke to the stowaway, who said Jr was a Russian peasant Who ha -en sentenced to several years at the penal colony at Archangel. His wife had Recently been sho and his ch*ld taken away, while he was ignorant of his own offence ex•(•ept that he did not sympathise with the present regime in Russia. The Hauge und harbour authorities ascertained that it was impossible to release the man without completely unloading th e skip. The man it was stated would have to remain underneath until the ship reached Rotter dam. A second ’•caped Russian prison.-i endeavoured! to stowaway on tin- same boot at Archangel. He l id himself in the bunkers for three days when ow j h g to thirst he gave himself up. was taken to the penal colony am