LOSS OF THE LEINSTER
A NEW ZEALANDER'S ESCAPE. VERY TRYING EXPERIENCE. (Australian ami N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, October 14. Mr P. Halse, a New Zealander, had a remarkable escape when the Leinster was sunk. Halse was paralysed in the right arm, but when the first torpedo exploded a friend placed a lifebelt around Halse's neck. When the second torpedo struck both were flung into the water. Halse floated for a considerable time, until he drifted towards a lifeboat, which was crowded, but he held on to the side of the lifeboat for three-quarters of an hour with his uninjured hand until exhausted, and was then hauled into the boat by means of ropes around his body. He was landed in an unconscious state. His friend was drowned.
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13890, 16 October 1918, Page 6
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127LOSS OF THE LEINSTER Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13890, 16 October 1918, Page 6
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