A THRILLING STORY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 129, 29 June 1909, Page 2

A THRILLING S T ORY.

XliE NANSUAU CALWJIM^M SEVEN MEN SWFOCATEiieS|M HEROIC RESCUE WOR&'.'IM Received June 28, U P'wijp||H I'uil Darwin, Eastern flics conluiii calamity aboard the A '" cli <flE|__H collier Swwbau, which « r ™ra_____| Kong on June Alii f™«> a >!<>f_____| I'liilmpincs. En route A^^H which stove i»'-t«; , f "J vard ; u l____| The water penetrated the P*i»^|M where the stores were adnu. **J^H aaptha caused foul gnse». « After the gale the chief »*"*'■s■ ed Urkin, and another oAcer nafM Raw with some members of thetiupH crew: Tve't below to put things r _S Sub quently Captam'Carver was lottS to be missing. Officers we«t in «»■ of him. Then a couple ot ours |MB| the bosun came up covered wjU a* « ■ mixture and almost mttoeated. VM he had recovered he "P^.^* captain, two of the officers aud **™m of the crew, who were m *>« P«"| room locker, had been ****** Saundcrsou, who was the only otf« left, at once headed n rescue party.f| could see the bodies awash, black irCM ' the mixture of tar and W'- r - „„■ When the foul pose, had be eonH ' what cleared by means ot a >vmd swap , the Filipino quartermaster, mmuims\ ■ cruz volunteered to go down^tag^M lowered, and secured one bodjjppnoiigh J suffering severely from (jJT attempt^ . and almost overcome byJK fumes aris- ,' in" from the naptlia ami J water, Dclacna persisted in his heroic , efforts, bringing lip seven bodies me bv one. KlVorts at resuscitation were successful in tiie cases of Captain Carver and one of the Filipinos, but Larkm and Rapp and three other Filipinos were dead. Carver was badly injured Saunrterson brought the comer w Hong Kong. ______