BOY ON A RAFT
After tho terrible experience of drifting for 30 days on a raft without lood or water an 18-year-old Uurman boy has been rescued alrve by a British steamer. He was the only survivor of a group of fishermen who were blown out to sea at Rangoon. They were carried 900 miles, the boy and two men being alone on the raft. They were eventually picked up in the Bay of Bengal, but only the boy survived.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19380423.2.215.38.13
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23020, 23 April 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
Word Count
80BOY ON A RAFT New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23020, 23 April 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in