LOSS OF THE GLENBANK.
ONLY SURVIVOR’S STORY. I | ATTACKED BY A SHARK. * I (Received 24, 9.4 a.m.) Fremantle, Feb. 24. After considerable . difficulty an efficient interpreter was found to interview the Finnish sailor, Kitala, the only survivor from the wreck of the Glenbank. Kitala said that when he left the wreck he was accompanied by two companions and a dog. Hit* companions disappeared shortly afterwards, and the dog, with a terrified cry, was drawn under half-an-hour later. Hearing a peculiar noise, he turned and saw a tremendous shark which attacked him at intervals, but he fought it off. vzith his knife. While on the reef he lived on the raw flesh of turtles, which were plentiful, but he was unable to find water. .
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 63, 24 February 1911, Page 1
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123LOSS OF THE GLENBANK. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 63, 24 February 1911, Page 1
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