ERLANGEN IN CHILE
Remarkable Story Of Wanderings SAILS HOISTED ON JOURNEY (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) (Received December 18, 8.25 p.m.) LONDON, December 18. The German radio told a remarkable story of the wanderings of the Erlangen, which left New Zealand for Australia late in August. The captain learned of the outbreak of war and headed for South America. He hid for a month in an uninhabited Pacific island while the crew felled 400 tons of firewood for fuel. Even this was insufficient and so sails made from tarpaulins were hoisted. The Erlangen reached a Chilean port on December 12.
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Southland Times, Issue 24003, 19 December 1939, Page 5
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