THRILLING ADVENTURE.
TRIALS OF A WRECK. SURVIVORS’ SUFFERINGS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Port Darwin ,April 12. The oil searching party were wrecked at Point Pearce. The two missing members are Crampton, owner of the lugger, and Fernie, drilling expert. They were last seen swimming in a tempestuous sea. There were five survivors, including two Europeans named Sands "'’rhe’*latter had thrilling experiences, being cast ashore at the foot of towering cliffs, which they managed to scale. They reached shore without clothes, boots or food. They met a tribe of wild, fierce-looking natives, who, however, treated them well and supplied them with food. They then started to walk to Port Keats, 50 miles distant, taking three davs. Their only food was shellfish and a bag of flour found on the beach. They were terribly tortured in their nude condition by myriads of mosquitoes and other insects. Failing to secure help, Sands walked back to Point Beach. Bestwick was too exhausted to make the journey. Sands induced the skipper of a Malay launch to return and rescue Bestwick.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 April 1922, Page 5
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174THRILLING ADVENTURE. Taranaki Daily News, 13 April 1922, Page 5
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