A GOOD GIRL.
A. girl of 18 years, the diught j r of a s~a captain, recently navigited hefather's ship when he and all the crow were down with the yellow fever. The birque, a coasting vessel, bound from South America to [Sivannah, was last spoken at sea off Navassab, when all hand 3 were repo ted ill with the yellow fever, and no attempt was made by the vessel which her to give any assistance. The master of the barque had with him on board his only daughter, who appears to have been the last to ca'ch the fever. With the aid of one cr Wo sailors who managed to crawl to the deck she navigated the vessel for several hundreds of miles, and succeeded in reaching tha port with a crew dead and dying and the captain in a critical condition.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1860, 26 February 1892, Page 4
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143A GOOD GIRL. Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1860, 26 February 1892, Page 4
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