A PLUCKY ACT.
ATTEMPTED RESCUE FROM DROWNING IN MID-OCEAN.
AN ATTACK BY AN ALBATROSS
[PFR PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
AUCKLAND,, April 9. On the voyage of the steamer Surrey from Liverpool to Auckland, a seaman fell overboard when the vessel was half way between Capetown and Australia.
A. saloon steward named C. Leon De Lance immediately dived overboard to his companion’s rescue. He unsuccessfully searched for the missing man, whose name was Porter, when suddenly he was viciously attacked by an albatross and had great difficulty in beating it off. , De Lance was rescued with difficulty, but no trace of Porter was found.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3495, 10 April 1912, Page 2
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101A PLUCKY ACT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3495, 10 April 1912, Page 2
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