BATH-TUB VOYAGE
APPRENTICE'S ADVENTURE COURT CHARGE PENDING BRISBANE, July 2G Karl Hjelmstrom, a Swedish apprentice who deserted from the barque 0. B. Pedersen, was taken to Thursday Island from Yorke Island. The youth related how he went over the side of the ship with the captain's bathtub, in which he had fitted an outrigger and improvised a sail. He set out for Darnley Island, which he reached after six hours. From there* he was taken to Yorke Island. He will be charged with being a prohibited immigrant. Hjelmstrom, who is 21 years of age, was lured by stories of gold and adventure in New Guinea to leave his ship and attempt to reach that island. He was reported on July 14 to be drifting somewhere in Torres Strait. He had taken a small supply of water, food and clothing with. him.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22172, 27 July 1935, Page 13
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