SOLUTION OF MYSTERY
FATE OF THREE MEN IN A LAUNCH
Recd. 6.30 p.m. Sydney, March 2L A tragic solution of the mystery of the disappearance of three men in a launch last August was provided by the finding of a letter in a sealed jam jar on Avoca Beach, which is about 50 miles north of Sydney. The letter revealed the tortures of the men, who were adrift for five days without food or water, and contained the will of the owner of the launch, written At sea, the signature being witnessed by his two companions.
Th" party left La Perouse for Port Kembla on August. 30 last and. despite an intensive search by sea and air, was not seen again
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 67, 22 March 1943, Page 4
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121SOLUTION OF MYSTERY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 67, 22 March 1943, Page 4
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