The Horrors of the Dumaru (1918)

The Oregon Daily Journal from December 30, 1918, announced the return home of third officer Nolan of the Dumaru, long assumed to have been lost: “More like fiction--a tale of Jack London or Stevenson--is the story told by Nolan of the wanderings about the broad expanse of the Pacific, in an open boat, with rations running low, ever on the lookout for land or a friendly sail. Accompanied by a convoy of sharks, grim reminders of the fate that possibly awaited them, the nine men drifted about, subsisting for the greater part of the time on a half a cracker and two swallows of water a day, and when the crackers were about exhausted, on the fins of flying fish.” Ship Name: Dumaru Ship Type: Wooden Hulled Steamship Nationality: United States of America Year Built: 1918Tonnage: 3500 Tons Year Wrecked: 1918Location Wrecked: Two Hours from Guam Reason for Wreck: Explosion Due to Lightning Strike Lives Lost: 17Sources: https://time.com/archive/6787180/navy-three-cs-for-the-seven-seas/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Marine_Review_and_Marine_Record/zFgcAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dumaru+tonnage&pg=PA111&printsec=frontcoverhttps://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Wreck_of_the_Dumaru/QifVAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1https://books.google.com/books?id=_igDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&dq=dumaru+shipwreck&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJ3-XJkcmUAxUKlCsGHd8yF5wQ6AF6BAgKEAM#v=onepage&q=dumaru%20shipwreck&f=falsehttps://www.newspapers.com/image/1090690525/?match=1&terms=dumaruhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/457433134/?match=1&terms=dumaruhttps://newspaperarchive.com/la-crosse-tribune-and-leader-press-feb-09-1919-p-10/https://newspaperarchive.com/portland-morning-oregonian-feb-03-1919-p-6/https://newspaperarchive.com/portland-morning-oregonian-apr-18-1918-p-6/