NEW JUAN FERNANDEZ.
WKZOKJBJD SAU.O&S STORY. FOtTE. SSONTKS OH TASMAJHCAjS COAST. (By Cable.-—Presa Association. — Copyright.; fßeceived !}.40 a.in.l HOBART. thb dar.
Latrsen, the survivor who has just been rescued, states that the Brier Holrao
was driven ashore at midnight on November 2G. It wa.-i very dark at the time and the impact ea/oserl the dynajnite. ot which thero was a largo quantity on board, to explode.
Ctt.pta.in Most and others, who were below at the time, werp blown up. and. two maste were blown out. The heavy sea quickly completed the work of destruction.
Weven of the crew took rei'uge in the foremast rigging, but beiore daylight tlie mast was carried away. Larsen and another sailor were then the only two left.
Larsen got aahore on a plank, but the other man was drowned in the attempt. Larsen sustained life on food cast ashore from the wreck. He wandered long distances along the coast, and tried to build first a boat and then a raft, but failed. He sighted several vessels, and was once in close proximity to search party: but all faned to notice his signals.'
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 44, 21 February 1905, Page 5
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187NEW JUAN FERNANDEZ. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 44, 21 February 1905, Page 5
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