LOST HIS REASON
SHIPWRECKED MAN PARIS, June 30 Terrible experiences in a raging storm drove insane the lone survivor of the ci%w of a wrecked fishing boat. He was found clinging to the mast of the boat, 12 hours after the storm blew up, and shouted to' his rescuers: "My boat has not sunk. I am the commander here."
The boat had left Lorient, on the French roast, with a crew of six two days ago.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23083, 7 July 1938, Page 13
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