OUTBREAK OF BERIBERI
CREW OF FINNISH SHIP
United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright
MELBOURNE, This Day. The Finnish ship Olive Bank arrived en mute to Auckland from St. Pierre with a cargo of phosphates. The whole crew of 27 are .suffering more or less from beriberi, rendering the management of the ship difficult. One man died just after the ship anchored inside Port Philip Heads, the captain having decided in the desperate situation to make for Melbourne to obtain fresh provisions.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 14 November 1928, Page 5
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