MYSTERY OF THE SOUTH SEAS
— v . ,_ MAROONED PEOPLE SIGHTED ON FLINT ISLAND. . (Rec. May 29, 8 p.m.) San Francisco, May 17 (delayed). Captain Eidswng, of the barquentmoAlta, from Melbourne, reports a South Sea mystery. He discovered unknown castaways on Flint Island, in the Poly. nesian group, where ho was blown by storms. He made a futile attempt to rescue, trying to reach the marooned peoplo in a lifeboat, which capsized in the swift tides among the treacherous reefs. He was then forced to sail away. Two days later the attention of the Alta's crew was attracted by fires on the island, on which several.persons were.'discernible. Flint Island is far out of the trade routes—Reuter.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 210, 30 May 1919, Page 5
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