AMERICA'S GRATITUDE
RESCUE OF SCHOONER’S CREW. Via FBMB ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, August 17. The rescue by the H.M.S. Chatham of a portion of the crew from the wreck of the Amerioan schooner Columbia River on Sunday Island on October 3rd, 1921, was officially recognised by the American President. On the Chatham, prior to her departure for the islands, Commodore Hotharn was presented with a gold watch and chain inscribed, ’’From the. President,” Surgeon Lieutenant-Com-mander Patterson with a pair of binoculars. and Gnnner Taylor and Able Seaman Oliver with gold medals. The American Consul made the presentations.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11292, 18 August 1922, Page 5
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95AMERICA'S GRATITUDE New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11292, 18 August 1922, Page 5
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