A GALLANT DEED.
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Sydney. Jan. 12. During the pa--a?e round from Melbourne a gallant feat was performed by a boat's tre w from the s.s. Orient. During a heavy gale the Sydney brig Phillis signalled that she was in want of food and the crew starving. A boat was immediately lowered from the Orient and provisioned, and after a great struggle with the mountainous seas reached the brig. They found that the crew had been without food for five days. After grt'-it di'iic'.lty the provisions were hauled on board the brig, und then a perilous trip back to the steamer commenced. The ship v. as reached safely, but the men had to be h i'< . on board oin by out by m- ,'.n- (Mm ■- and the l«>at w.-s then cut adii r l it was iu:p«'"d le to hoist it.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 219, 13 January 1897, Page 3
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141A GALLANT DEED. Hastings Standard, Issue 219, 13 January 1897, Page 3
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