GALLANT NATIVE BOY
ANCHOR SECURED IN RAGING SEA HAVOC OF HEAVY FLOODS Reed. 11.30 a.m. BRISBANE, Today. The launch Euphomla, with ten men from Cairns and two natives on board, for whose safety fears were entertained, has arrived safely at Cairns. The launch was caught in a fierce storm on Saturday night. When the anchor was droped on the Scotts Reef a native boy named Pedro, fearing the anchor would not hold, dived into a mountainous sea and secured the anchor to the reef. He then stood watch throughout the night. The owner, Air. Jorgenson, said: “Nothing but the devotion and the magnificent seamanship of Pedro saved us from death.” The lugger Sprag became a total wreck early on Saturday a short distance from where the Euphomia anchored. Heavy rain continues in Northern Queensland. All railway traffic is interfered with. The Tully River has overrun its banks and the water is spreading over the countryside. The water on the Bellenden Plains is six feet deep and is over the railway lines. The Herbert River is ten feet over the railway bridge.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 866, 9 January 1930, Page 9
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181GALLANT NATIVE BOY Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 866, 9 January 1930, Page 9
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