Perils of the Sea

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 159, 5 January 1914, Page 5

Perils of the Sea

MAROONED SAILORS' STORY. HARROWING PRIVATIONS REVEALED. LIVING ON -BERRIES AND GRASS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 5, 12.50 5 - . Sydney, January 4. The rescued members of the crew of the schooner Eldorado, which was abandoned in the Pacific, have arrived here by the steamer Knight of the Garter., They tell a harrowing tale of privations at Easter Island, which they reached after twelve days' buffeting by a terrific gale, Their provisions and water were exhausted, and they ate berries and grass until, after they had been on the island for five months, they were picked up by the. Knight of the Garter, which put in with a damaged rudder. If it 'had not been for the steamer's damaged rudder they might have waited for two years, as steamers rarely call at Easter Islands. THE HIMITANGJ HELPLESS, LOSES HER PROPELLER. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The General Post Office was advised to-night by the Chatham Islands wireless telegraph station that the steamer Himitangi toughed a rock on the north Aide of,the big island, and stripped her propeller oil. She is now anchored, but is helpless.