“MAN OVERBOARD.”
OVERHAULED HIS SHIP. While working on a topsail yard 100 ft above the deck, Sakaroff, a Russian sailor on the Finnish ship Lawhill, lost his balance owing to the breaking of a rope, and fell into the sea. He rose to the surface, and, swimming easily, overtook the ship, which was sailing at about two knots. “I’ve lost my cap,” he exclaimed, in a tone of annoyance, but returned to work without further ado. “He is a real human monkey,” said R. H. Bristowe, of Adelaide, a sailor on the Lawhill, to a press representative. “He used to stand on his head on the masthead in calm weather, and somersault on to the yardarms.” The Films told Bristowe that at least one Australian was killed on their sailing ships each year.
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Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 18240, 14 July 1931, Page 2
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