THE ALFHELD'S CASTAWAYS.
llobart, October 19. The relief steamer expects to get ill touch with the missing members of the ship Alfheld's crew to-day. RELIEF ARRIVES TOO LATE. TWO BODIES FOUND. EVIDENTLY STARVED TO DEATH. Received Oct. 21, 1.4 am.. llobart, Oetobe r2O. The relief steamer found the bodies of two of the missing men of the Alfheld's crew. nc;ir the place where the survivors left them. T'hey had evidently starved to death. There are no details ur mcir.ion of the others missing.
[The Swedish steamer Alfheld tto' wrecked oil the south coa-t ot i a-in ina on the morning of the loth, ten days lil-t II'"VS of lie- wreck reached ll.dart on Thursday night last, hrnvelit in l.v a sta'aoicr \\h:ch ii.ul >ix oi'the -mvivoi's up at ilaat--uvkcr Island lighthouse, winch they lia'.l reached in a hint after reaching the shuiv fi'i in till- wreck. lliey repined that three of the erew were drowned, and cntertaine.l grave fears fur the seven survivors left near the wreck owing to the almost total absence of food. Their worst fears would appear to have been fulfilled i th" aliuve hrief message, two itt least of the poor fellows evidently having been .starved to death.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 21 October 1907, Page 3
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202THE ALFHELD'S CASTAWAYS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 21 October 1907, Page 3
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