TERRIBLE SEA TRIP
SOLOMON ISLAND TRAGEDY SYDNEY, Nov. 6. Details of a tragedy in which six Solomon Island natives died in agonising circumstance were related by Mr D. Lazarus, a trader of Tulagi, who reached Sydney from the Solomons. Two canoes, carrying fourteen natives, set out from Ontong, Java Island, for Tasman Island, 30 miles away. Whey they were half-way across a terrific storm broke. The canoes were blown out to sea and were adrift for three weeks in tropical heat. The natives were without food, but their thirst, was palliated slightly by rain caught in the sails. Five died of thirst and exposure, and the sixth was fatally mauled by a shark when he fell overboard.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 265, 8 November 1937, Page 7
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117TERRIBLE SEA TRIP Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 265, 8 November 1937, Page 7
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