Lost Yachtsman
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Safe In Samoa
A lone yachtsman, who was miss g on a voyage from the New ‘brides to Fiji, drifted ashore on vaii, the westernmost island of moa, on October 19.
The yachtsman is John Cotton, 43, no left Vila on September 8 in his ft concrete-hulled motor ketch, I Viajero". His ultimate destina >n was San Francisco.
After no news had been heard 5m him by the end of September, e British authorities in the New ‘brides asked other Islands terri ries to keep a look out for him.
Reports from Apia say that Cotton »t into difficulties after the motor his ketch broke down and the ast snapped. He then drifted until iking landfall on Savaii.