AN ISLAND ORDEAL
NATIVE'S 'FINE DEVOTION. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]' : r /' . :'' SUVA, Jan. 5. * The ordeal of for two hours to ah "upturned boat in shark-infested waters befel : Mr. .E. N. Heycpck, manager of one of the Crown estates in Samoa, and a Rotuma Islander . s hamed Peter; off Aleifata, recently. The launch on which" they were travelling experienced engine trouble, and when darkness fell,' the ~ two Went off in the dinghy .to find the passage and guide ' the launch, when her engine should start. ; A. sea swamped -the boat, and for an hour the men. held on to it. ..Then Mr. Heycock's; strength failed, and Peter, who could, havftswaip ashore, had he chosen to do sio, went tt> his J assistance, and held him up for another hour, meantime giving an occasionki shout. The launch was eventually started and its skipper cruised about in the darkness until he found the men; who were dragged on board in an exhausted state.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18299, 16 January 1923, Page 7
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161AN ISLAND ORDEAL New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18299, 16 January 1923, Page 7
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