THREE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD
MOTOR LAUNCH ADRIFT (X’ek United Press Association.] FOXTON, vScptembcr 15. A 50ft launch, which left Wanganui on Wednesday Week with a crew of ono European (Bowman, the owner) and three Maoris—Hapi Hogg, Wiri Ileromaia. ami T. Potakn— experienced engine ' trouble and drifted down coast, eventually making Kapiti Island on Sunday with the crow almost starving. Thc'mcn received attention from the residents, and tho engines were rectified. A start was made on the return journey on Monday, but engine trouble was again. experienced. Alter difficulty the vessel made Foxtou under sails on Tiuvday morning, and the engines will lie crmiph'-tclv overhauled prior to ranking the last* stage of the trip back t* Yv’ a vital mi. For three days and nights the men were without food or water in a rough sea.
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Evening Star, Issue 19662, 15 September 1927, Page 6
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135THREE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD Evening Star, Issue 19662, 15 September 1927, Page 6
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