How Four Women Were
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Their Amazing Luck!
How Four Women Were Rescued
SUVA, February 14.
IT was a lucky thing for four Fijian female fishers that Mr. Alfred Lee, of the Public Works Department, took his launch a short cut over the coral flats, en route to Waidoi, along the south coast from Suva.
When about seven miles from Suva, Mr.
Lee noticed what at first looked like “horses’ heads” on the main reef. These are sharp outcrops of coral. As he drew closer he saw that they were human heads.
There was no sign of a boat or canoe and the tide was coming in strongly over the reef, on which the seas broke savagely.
He altered the course and soon found that four native women were standing up to their necks in water. They were taken on board, and said that they were fishing on the reef and did not notice that their boat had drifted away. They were just able to keep their heads above water, and their position was desperate, as the main land was a considerable distance away. Mr.
Lee conveyed them to safety.