A SENSATIONAL VOYAGE.
EXPERIENCES ON A MISSION SCHOONER. Received 14,1.2 a.m. SyittEi, April 13. > The Catholic mission, schooner has arrived from German New Britain. After* «ensation&l:Voyage. '* She left on February 3rd, and, after being delayed for threeweeka by calms, ran into a succession "of violent gales, ending in a cyclone.
She became leaky, and the ballast shiflc', and she was thrown on her beam ends. Provisions then became scarce. After knocking about helplessly for a considerable time, the crew succeeded in righting her. Then Beriberi fever broke out, the captain and the majority of the crew being stricken down. Great difficulty was experienced in navigating the vessel to Sydney. Between shortness of provisions and tever, the crew suffered severely, and several have been removed to the hospital.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8084, 14 April 1906, Page 3
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127A SENSATIONAL VOYAGE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8084, 14 April 1906, Page 3
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