THE GREAT BARBIER TRAGEDY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1294, 21 July 1886, Page 3

THE GREAT BARBIER TRAGEDY.

Moa'rs fit odors and Spsggon appett to bo somewhat unfortunate in respect to their lo ing their vessels by master* running away with hero. It may be in the remembrance of a number of our (New Zealand Herald) readers that about 18 years ago ain n named Harry Hill hid charge of a small vessel named the Jubilee, which was kept employed In the trade between here, Gisborne and Napier, Suddenly th« vessel and Hill were raising, and nothing was heard of either f..r some years, until about ten years ago, when Hill was seen and spoken to by some Aucklanders in Dublin. Hill, it is said, admitted having runaway with the Jubileo I bat what was done with the vessel was not stated. Messrs Henderson and Spraggou were the owners of that vessel, as they are of the cutter Sovereign of the Sea, now missing. Respecting ihe latter vessel, i 1 may be mentioned that, not only is she a smart little craft, but her owners ■ went to considerable expense a short time before the last annual regatta in putting her in complete order. Her hull was thoroughly overhauled, and she had new r riggings and sails supplied to her as it was the ambition of Messrs Henderson and Spraggon that she should prove the winner of the big cutter race, so that the cutter is now In good fettle to make a voyage to, it may be said, any part of the world.