Luck of the "Taipi"
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From Our own correspondent
Rarotonga, Dec. 15.
THE owner and skipper of the small ketch“Taipi,” Captain D. H. Cam bridge, who has been freighting around the widespread Cook Group for some time, was recently the victim'of a double stroke of bad luck.
Whilst he was ashore at Atiu, in the Lower Cooks, a sudden heavy squall overtook the little ship, which was standing off the island, and carried it, and the remaining crew of two Palmer ston Islanders, far out to sea. Several anxious days followed, but at last the
“Taipi” was sighted off the tiny atoll of Manuae, over 60 miles away. The crew, having ascertained their position, were able to make Aitutaki, some 50 miles further north, and were later rejoined by the unlucky owner, who made the pas sage by another schooner, Whilst doing some repair work at Aitu taki, however, Captain Cambridge suf fered a fractured arm; but he was able to bring his ship to Rarotonga, where he underwent hospital treatment.
Soon afterwards, Captain Cambridge and the 25-ton “Taipi” sailed from Rarotonga to Palmerston Island, via Aitutaki, a distance of some 300 sea miles, in under five days—broken arm or no broken arm.