BAD LUCK AT SEA.
EXPERIENCES OF RESCUED SAILORS. Scvcrnl members of the crew of the steamer Karu have had more than their share of bad luck at sea, one fireman having been torpedoed on four occasions during the late war. The loss of the Kara was thus his fiftl shipwreck. •Mr Keith lias been on two wrecks within a little more than twelve months. He was mate on the brigan* tine Jeanette, which was caught by a heavy swell and capsized on one of the. islands of the Ellis ■ Group on December 5, 1924. The crew got ashore safely and succeeded in saving one of the vessel’s boats. The latter was rigged by sailors, and as there was little hope of any white man visiting the island, she was prepared for a long voyage to Funafuti. The captain of the brigantine, Mr Keith, and two natives set sail. Stormy weather was encountered), but the voyage of 500 miles was made in five days and six nights. Two weeks after their arrival at Funafuti the party were rescued by a Government yacht and taken back to Suva.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 9 March 1926, Page 5
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