A Whaler in Distress
CREW STRICKEN WITH BERIBERI. Received 5.5 p.m., 22nd. London, June 21. The steamer Uskmoor reports having sighted the whaler Sound of Jura, voyaging from the Southern Pacific, helpless. Four of the crew were dead from beriberi, the rest were sick, and the topmast was broken. The steamer towed the Sound of Jura 700 miles to St. Vincent.
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Waikato Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5341, 23 June 1913, Page 3
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61A Whaler in Distress Waikato Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5341, 23 June 1913, Page 3
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