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Terry Jo Duperrault survives ordeal at sea....
Terry Jo Duperrault survives ordeal at sea....
Item # 684147
November 17, 1961
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 17, 1961
* Terry Jo Duperrault survives at sea
* 11 year old girl lost for 4 days in Atlantic
* Bluebelle (ship) mass murder and scuttle
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Shipwrecked Girl, 11, Rescued After 4 Days on Raft in Atlantic" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage here.
Complete with 72 pages, light toning at the margins, generally nice.
wikipedia notes: Bluebelle was a 60-foot twin-masted sailing ketch based out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The ship was scuttled following an act of mass murder by the ship's captain, Julian Harvey, on November 12, 1961
Harvey committed suicide on November 17 within hours of receiving news that 11-year-old Terry Jo Duperrault had survived the scuttling. She had been rescued at sea three-and-a-half days after the incident, having drifted upon a small cork dinghy without food, water or shelter for approximately 82 hours.
Terry Jo's survival led to her becoming known within international media as the "Sea Waif" and the "Sea Orphan".
Category: The 20th Century
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