MAROONED ON PACIFIC ISLE.
CASTAWAYS RESCUED AFTER TWO MONTHS By Telegraph.—rress Assn.—Copyright.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. (Received June 19, 10.35 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 19. After being marooned for three months on Nassau, a lonely island in the Pacific, castaways from the auxiliary schooner Samoa, owned by the Burns, Philp South Sea Company, were discovered by the American yacht Goodwill, whose owner wirelessed the news to Apia. It is reported that the Samoa is a total wreck. The schooner was lost on April 29. The passengers and crew are safe.. The Lady Roberts has sailed from Apia to rescue the castaways. The Samoa was built at Whangaroa in 1902.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19250619.2.98
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Issue 17568, 19 June 1925, Page 12
Word Count
108MAROONED ON PACIFIC ISLE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17568, 19 June 1925, Page 12
Using This Item
Star Media Company Ltd is the copyright owner for the Star (Christchurch). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Star Media. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.