A DISABLED WHALER.
CREW STRICKEN WITH BERI-BERI
FOUR DEATHS.
London, June 21
The steamer Uskmoor sighted the whaler Sound of Jura, while on the voyage- from the Southern Pacific, in a helpless condition.
Four of the crew had died of 'beriberi, and the rest were sick. The topmast was broken. The Uskmoor towed the Sound of Jura 700 miles to St Vincent.
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Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13756, 23 June 1913, Page 5
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62A DISABLED WHALER. Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13756, 23 June 1913, Page 5
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