WRECK IN WEST PACIFIC.
v BBTGANTINB IFOUNDERS. FOUR SURVIVORS REACH LAND 24 DAYS IN SHIP'S BOAT. By Telegraph Press Association— (Received 12.20 a.m.) Renter. MANILA, April SO. The British brigantine, • Amy Turner, from Australia, with a consignment of coal to Manila, was lost at sea near Guam on March 27. Charles West and three other British survivors reached Hinatuan, on the east coast ; of' ■ Mindanao, ■ one ,of . the ' Philippine Islands, in the . ship's boat, after -24 days' priva'tion. The ;townsfolk provided them with food and clothing and arranged for their passage, to Ccbu. Ten lives are reported to have been lost. s : The Amy Turner was a three-masted schooner barge. of 991 tons, • owned by the Amy Turner Shipping Company and registered at Prince ; Rupert, British Columbia. She was built at East Boston in 1877. • ■ •' .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18387, 1 May 1923, Page 7
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