A SHIPWRECKED CREW.
BROUGHT TO SYDNEY. By cable.—Press Association.--C'upyrigM Sydney, Last Nigh l . The Tofua brought six member.--, -a the crew of the schooner St. Alexaml'T who wire wrecked on a reef near an -.ninhabitated island of tlie Tonga Gump on September 2S. All landed safely Captain Lorensen and four men en.h-av-oured '.lo reach Suva, and, af!(er live davs, reached Mago island, covering -.'!><) miles. From Mago Island they were taken to 'Suva. The others remains! on the island for twenty-six days. There, was no fresh water, and they w. re . plagued for thousands of rats. ;E\vntuallv the Tofua rescued them on Goober 24.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 139, 5 November 1914, Page 2
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103A SHIPWRECKED CREW. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 139, 5 November 1914, Page 2
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