A GIRL’S ORDEAL
FOB ELEVEN DAYS WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER HALIFAX (Nova Scotia), March 27. Almost dead from hunger, cold and thirst, Catherine Carr, aged eighteen was found in a lifeboat when the steamer Suralia arrived here. She boarded the ship at Belfast, and had been without sustenance for eleven 'days. The girl said that she had been promised a job at Toronto, but had no money to pay for her passage. She wore a party dress, with a winter coat and silk stockings. ‘‘l suffered terrible agony from frost and stiffness caused by my cramped position,” said the pretty stowaway, who had to be carried to hospital. Hertoes, affected by frostbite, may have to bo amputated. Spray whipped up by the cold North Atlantic gales frequently came over the lifeboat and thirst almost drove her mad. The girl will be returned to Belfast when sho has recovered sufficiently.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXIX, Issue 88, 9 April 1934, Page 8
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