SWIMMING AMID SHARKS
REMARKABLE ADVENTURES. This is the remarkable diary of an 18 year-old apprentice of the Blue Funnel liner Dolius, who arrived at Liverpool recently on board ®he ship. “Washed overboard from liner near Singapore into shark-infested sea; carried away by current and swimming about for several hours in darkness; landed on desert island devoid of life. “Plunged again into shark-infested sea toward another island, and on way picked up by Chinese dhow; persuaded rescuers to chase Dolius; later taken ou board Dolius just in time to stop captain of the vessel sending out message of my death.” The boy is James Miller, formerly of the Mersey Trining Ship Conway, who lives at Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Mille' ' refused to be interviewed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 109, 11 May 1933, Page 8
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