6,000 MILES IN A SMACK.
Mr Henry W. Drew, one of the crew, of'the is ailing smack Chance, which undertdok a voyage froiq Lowestoft to Cape Town—6,ooo' miles—has, returned to- his homp. He tells a thrilling story of the perils which the vessel of forty-six ton« register survived during the three months .she was on the high '•oas. • b
A Storm off Teneriffe carried/ away •some of the sails, and later the pump, became blocked, and the crew hath to bale out with buckets?!
The water supply’ ran short,, and tie captain ordered that no more' drinking water- was to be uW for cooking. “Our diet, - ’ said Drew, consisted of biscuits and potatoes boiled in sea water.” 1
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Western Star, 3 February 1922, Page 2
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