SNATCHED FROM DEATH
TERRIBLE PRIVATION OF FRENCH FISHERMEN. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright). (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) PARIS, June 15. (Received June 17, 5.5 p.m.) Rescued after 19 days in a small open boat, Francois Plantagenet, who was believed to have perished in the French fishing boat Raymond lost off Newfoundland banks, told a tragic story of suffering and death. When the Raymond foundered, Plantagenet and three companions embarked in a smaU bos’ T%- rr '«••<, the provisions were exhausted. They sighted a ship on the sixth day, but their signals were not observed, ouuetiug thirst, and exposure, their only relief was obtained by sucking ice which drifted near. The derelicts lingered on till the fourteenth day when Albert Crepnel died in his father’s arms. On the sixteenth another sailor died, and Plantagenet was left with the elder Crepinal. They had given up hope when the French boat, Carioca, rescued them, with their feet frozen, and almost at the point of death.
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Southland Times, Issue 18970, 18 June 1923, Page 4
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