A TALE OF THE SEA.
The Schooner Catherine’s Survivors.
Hobart, March 9.
The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Turakina has arrived, bringing the eleven members of the crew of the schooner Catherine, who were left on the Crozet Islands after the schooner was wrecked there on December 14th.
When the Turakina touched at the island where the castaways were, on her voyage from Capetown, the men were found to be in a bad state of health, owing to their subsisting on penguins’ and albatrosses’ eggs, sea elephants, and the food placed on the island by the British Government twenty-seven years ago. The latter was not very wholesome, but they were forced to use it.
A bottle of whisky that was washed ashore was kept for Christmas day. On arrival at Hobart the men were provided with clothing and the necessary comforts. Seven of the Catherine’s men will ship as crew of a Norwegian barque now loading at Southport. The remainder will go to Melbourne.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3759, 12 March 1907, Page 3
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164A TALE OF THE SEA. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3759, 12 March 1907, Page 3
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