TRAWLER REACHES SYDNEY, AFTER 92 DAYS’ PASSAGE.
CREW ENDURES HUNGER, STRANDING, SICKNESS; THEY NUMBERED 13. (United Pres» Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received December 17, 10.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, December 17. The trawler Durraween arrived in Sydney after a voyage of ninety-two days from Fleetwood, England. The crew experienced illness, hardship, shortage of food and were stranded at Cocos Island, but the vessel was refloated. * The captain was taken ill during the voyage. The crew numbered unlucky thirteen.—Australian Press Association —United Service.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18639, 17 December 1928, Page 1
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