TREVASSA'S CREW.
I 9 ALL SAFE. ! TREVESSA’S SECOND BOAT I ARRIVES. j REACHES .MAURITIUS WITH SIX- ] TEEN MEN. . j b*MNDON, June 29. ; The Trevessa's second boat, with 16 i men abound, lias arrived at Mauritius, j (Mauritius is 400 miles further west- ! ward than Rodriguez). | STILL MASTERS OF THE SEA. TRIBUTE TO BRITISH SEAMANSHIP 1 LONDON, June 29. The majority of the f Loncig.ii newspapers comment on tlie Trevessa incident as one of the most thrilling sea -stories .in British. annuL.' They (]£&- cribe- Captain's Poster’s exploit _ as anything. ■'tiie'Bailv Telegraph says: “We may think with pride that. British sailors can match their daring, resolution and Jovaltv with those who won for their flag the realm of the circling sea.” The incident which has most struck the imagination is the parting of the lifeboats, which is the subject of a drawing by Charles Dixon. R. 1., In the “Daily Chronicle.^.
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Otaki Mail, 2 July 1923, Page 3
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