CAPTAIN'S 15.000 MILES VOYAGE.
After navigating his ship for 15,000 miles to Queenstown without the aid of a single officer, Captain Charles Charleton brought his ship into harbour recently (says a London journal), a Liverpool boat, the Harold, of 1299 tons, wheat-laden. The voyage from Australia occupied 108 days. Captain Charleton endeavoured to get officers for his ship at Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, but without avail, and he had no alternative but to set out on his voyage with a crew none of whom knew anything of navigation. He went for stretches of six weeks without removing his clothes, and slept on the poop of the ship on a cabin-chair. His crew, with the exception of two, were foreigners.
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Northern Advocate, 4 September 1913, Page 2
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119CAPTAIN'S 15.000 MILES VOYAGE. Northern Advocate, 4 September 1913, Page 2
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