AN OFFICER'S FATE.
Received December 15, 9.50 a.m. SYDNEY. December 15. Herr Witt, chief officer of the German mail liner Plauen, accidentally fell overboard twenty miles off the coast during the - voyage from New Caledonia to Sydney. A lifebuoy was thrown overboard, which Witt got hold of. A boat was then lowered, but failed to find him. He had evidently, been taken hold of by a large sfrgrk.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9668, 16 December 1909, Page 5
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68AN OFFICER'S FATE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9668, 16 December 1909, Page 5
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