GAMBLED FOR LIFE.
BUT DEATH WON TRICK. The Ryoyei Maru, a handsome Japanese fishing smack, of 70 tons, and apparently valued at £SOOO, was found drifting in the open Pacific, 100 miles off Vancouver Island, recently, with two dead men % aboard, but it was not until later that documents aboard were 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 12. Early in January the crankshaft broke.
"The eight bushels of rice we had aboard are 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. W!e 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 was killed by the survivors, who still hoped for rescue. Finally, drifting clear across the Pacific, the remaining two themselves died of starvation, probably two months ago.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3720, 22 November 1927, Page 4
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176GAMBLED FOR LIFE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3720, 22 November 1927, Page 4
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