PERILOUS VOYAGE.
BAD WEATHER, FEVER AND LACK OF PROVISIONS.
By Electrio Telegraph,—Far Press I Association— Copyright. I Received 12 a.m., April 11. Sydney, April 13. The Catholic mission schooner Raphael, which has arrived from I German New Britain, had a sensational voyage. She left on February 3rd, and after being delayed three weeks by calms ran into a succession of violent gales, ending in a cyclone. The schooner became leaky, the ballast shifted, and she was thrown on her beam ends. Provisions were scarce. After knocking about helpless for a considerable time the crew succeeded in righting her. Then beriberi fever broke out. The captain and majority of the crew were stricken down. With great difficulty they managed the navigation to Sydney. Between shortness of provisions and fever they suffered severely. Several of the crew have been removed to the hospital.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1724, 14 April 1906, Page 3
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141PERILOUS VOYAGE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1724, 14 April 1906, Page 3
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