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Show OEVWD Thrilling Experience of the Crew of a Pearl Ship Victoria, b' C, Dec. 15 After drifting six days without foed on a derelict, Theodore Anderson, a Swede, swam to shore on the West coast of' Australia. He told a thrilling story of the disaster tbat had brought death to every other member of tho crew. News of the trayedy was brought he:e last night by the steamer Moana I from Brisbane. ! The derelict was a pearling lugger lug-ger of 200 tons, the Hugh Norman She was sailing down the ccast from Broome to Fremantle when she struck a reef. The dinahy was launched, and all the members of the crew except ex-cept Anderson and the captain boarded board-ed her. The little boat drifted away and was swamped. All her occu . punts were drowned. The captain ordered Andersen to jump in niter the dinghy, but, sr-eing three sharks cruising In the vicinity, be refused. Iater the lugger drifted off the reef, and the captain leaped ovorloard and tried to swim ashcre, but be was at-1 tacked and devoured by sharks. : Next dav Ainlerfon decided to risk all In an effort to reach land. It look him an hour to swim ashoi-e. anil he was pursued by sharks, but escaped them. |