ON THE TORPEDOED LEINSTER
NEW ZEALANDER'S LUCKY ESCAPE. London, October 14. P. Halsp. a New Zcalnnder, had a escape from the. Leinster. Halse wss paralysed in the right ami, ami wi'o.n tiin first torpedo exploded a friend jilnced a lifebelt around Halso's nook. When tho sucund torpedo struck the vessel both lvoro flung into the water, liaise floated for a considerable time, until lie drifted towards a lifeboat which was crowded. Ho held on to the side of the lifeboat for threequarters of an hour with his uninjured hand, until he was'exhausted, and was then hauled into the boat by means cf ropes round his body. He was, landed unconscious. His friend wns drowned.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 18, 16 October 1918, Page 5
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116ON THE TORPEDOED LEINSTER Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 18, 16 October 1918, Page 5
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