GAMBLED FOR LIFE.
BUT DEATH IVON TRICK.
CREW OF FISHING SMACK.
VANCOUVER, November 4
The Ryoyei Maru, a handsome Japanese fishing smack of 70 tons, and apparently valued at £5OOO, was found drifting in the open Pacific, 100 miles off Vancouver Island, on Monday, with two dead men aboard, but it was not until to-day that documents aboard werej translated and showed what had happened on the fateful voyage across the Pacific. On December 5 of last year the vessel left Mizaki, Japan, with a crew of twelve. Early in January the crankshaft broke.
“The eight bushels of rice we had aboard were exhausted,” stated Captain Miki’s painfully written record. “No ships have passed us, all hope is gone, and death only is awaited. This is written on March 6. We have decided to die.” In a corner of the cabin a neat pile of human bones is evidence that they drew lots, and, one after another were killed by the survivors, who still hoped for rescue. Finally, drifting clean across the Pacific, the remaining two themselves died of starvation, probably two months ago.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5201, 9 November 1927, Page 2
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184GAMBLED FOR LIFE. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5201, 9 November 1927, Page 2
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