Safety of the Survivors of the ship J. T. Berry.
Per- Electric Telegraph -Co jig rigid • United Press AssociationReceived Jan 18, 10.30 p.m. Sydney, Jan 18. The survivors of the ship J. T. Berry, burnt at sea, were seven days in an open boat before being picked up, and had no coats or Boots,' though'they haej. plenty d£ eatables. Great care bad. to bb exercised in regard to water, only a small quantity was available. Each man was put on an allowance of six spoonfuls per day. Tho whole of them suffered greatly from heat. When the boats left the vessel the captain ordorou the second’boat to make for Australia: The petroleum in the hold of. the ship ’blazed up, ' flowing 'out the decks. So rapid was the spread of the fire that there was only twenty minutes in which to get the boats away from the doomed vessel, and consequently nothing was saved from her.
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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 264, 19 January 1888, Page 2
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