MAN LOST OVERBOARD.
AUCKLAND, April 9. On the voyage of the steamer Surrey from Liverpool to Auckland a seaman fell overboard when the vessel was halfway between Capetown and Australia. A saloon steward named C. Len De Lance immediately dived overboard to his companion's rescue. He unsuccessfully searched for the missing man, whose name was Porter, when suddenly he waa viciously attacked by an albatross, ond had great difficulty in beating it off. De Lance was rescued with difficulty, but no trace of Porter was found.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3031, 17 April 1912, Page 8
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86MAN LOST OVERBOARD. Otago Witness, Issue 3031, 17 April 1912, Page 8
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