THREE DAYS WITHOUT WATER.
The crew of the schooner Telegraph are reported to have suffered great privations during the late bad weather, owing to not being able to enter the Waitara River when its entrance was blocked by the wreck of the p.s. Samson. The schooner was from Kaipara, and was oidy provisioned for a week ; but, being out at sea ten days, without a chance of reprovisioning, the crew, were in a pitiable state. For three da}’B they were without water, and when a little rain ;fell they licked the deck. Attempts were made to procure fresh water by evaporation from saltwater, but without success; and the agony the men suffered was intense. The only food on board was some pork, and that hot over-good. After the Samson had been moved, and the steamers which had been shut in the river by the wreck proceeded to low the schooner in, the men’s cry for water was almost heartrending. A bucket was hoisted on board, when some of the men actually cried, their nerves being thoroughly unstrung through the long privation from food and water.
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Patea Mail, 18 August 1881, Page 4
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185THREE DAYS WITHOUT WATER. Patea Mail, 18 August 1881, Page 4
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