RESCUE AT SEA

Hokitika Guardian, 20 May 1933, Page 5

RESCUE AT SEA

TWO MEN FOUND ON RAFT,

BURNING CRAFT, ABANDONED,

.. A rescue at. sea was carried- out. hy [ the British steamer 1 Portfield, which arrived tat Auckland Urom Makatea Island yesterday afternoon. The mci ' dealt occurred when the ves s el was pro- ' , seeding from’ •Newcastle to 'MaUatealast month to loft'd her present cargo. I The Portfield left Newcastle early in -the afternoon and tiwo hours ’later, -wMn she 'was' off Tort ’.‘Stephens,“ ~t\vo . men were sighted on a waterlogged •raft. The mein had been drifting .for .40- hours land were ip 'a,,stnei-Consciqijs condition. They wei’e siu'Vivor s ol the crew of the small Jerry steamer Daphne, | which was destroyed by .fire when it . yeas being taken fro-m ..Manning to'Sydney. | The three members of tffe crew were ( unable to extinguish the fire and. they leijt the using a small raft, on which they had placed provisions aind water. The raft soon became water logged and provisions add water were | washed away. One of the men tried to swim ashore, but was never seen again. When rescued the survivors were almost paralysed with the cold and had to be lifted into th. e boat which was lowered from the Portfield. The steamer returned to Newcastle and the men went sent a-shorc.. After s ome days i n hospital they recovered.