NEW ZEALANDERS BRAVERY.
NEWS PROM* JOHANNESBURG. (Peost Oub Own ‘ Cokeespondent.) ■' LONDON, February 16. Ihe Johannesburg correspondent of tne Morning Post wired on January 10: The crew of the steamer Limpopo, which was wrecked on the barren south coast, landed safely at Luderitz - this morning from a harbour tug, which went to their assistance after, three of "the crew had i trekked for five days through • the desert. , The tug unable to approach, the wreck owing to the terrific seas, signalled to the crew, who were on shore, to walk 12 miles a smooth beach, where they were taken ott. Since January 1 the crew had lived by the bravery of a New Zealander, named North, who daily pulled himself by ■a rope through the pounding surf to the wreck for supplies, at the risk of his life. <
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20960, 25 February 1930, Page 10
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