THE LEINSTER DISASTER
AMONG THE DROWNED.
and N.Z. Cable Association.;
LONDON, Oct. 13
Sir H. W. Thompson, scientific adviser to the Food Ministry, was drowned in the Leinster disaster. ■""■
NEW ZEALANDER'S REMARK ABLE ESCAPE.
(Rec. Oct. 15, 11.1 oa.m.} LONDON, Oct. 14.
Mr P. Halse, a New Zealander, had a remarkable escape when the Leinster was sunk. Halse was paralysed in the right arm when the 3rst torpedo exploded. A friend placed a lifebelt around Halse'e neck. When the second torpedo struck, both were flung into; the water. Ha lee floated a considerable time until he" drifted' towards a lifeboat whfch was crowded. 'He held on to the side of the lifeboat for threequarters of an hour with the uninjured hanJd until exhausted. He was then t hauled into the boat by means of ropes around his body. He landed unconscious. His friend was drowned.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 248, 15 October 1918, Page 6
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