MAROONED ON FLINT ISLAND
.». « A MYSTERY OF THE SEA.
Auatraiinn and N.Z. Cable Association.
(Received May W, 8 p.m.) SAN FRANCISCO, May 17
Captain Eidswag, of the barquentine Alta, from Melbourne, reports a South Sea mystery. Ho discovered unknown castaways on Flint Island, in the Polynesian Group, where ho was blown by storms. Ho made a futile attempt at rescue, trying to reach the marooned people in the lifeboat, which capsized in swift tide* among the treacherous reefs. He was forced to sail away. Two days later the attention of the Altn's crew was attracted by fires on the island, on which several persons wore discernible. Flint 'lsland is far out of trade routes.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19190530.2.70
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10293, 30 May 1919, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
114MAROONED ON FLINT ISLAND New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10293, 30 May 1919, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in