THE “FLYING DUTCHMAN.”

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1299, 27 July 1886, Page 3

THE “ FLYING DUTCHMAN.”

In the Princes hook, ,f The Cruise of tbe IKcch-mte,” just puhii lied I y Messrs Vlacmi lan, there ia the following entry in t! e notes of ’he voyage between Melbourne and Sydnej ; “ July Hth. 1881. At 4 a.m. the “Flying Dutchman ’ crossed our bows. A st’ange ted light, as of a phantom ship all aglow, in the midst of which light the mast, spars, and sa>h of a brig 200 yards die Uni e.ord out in strong relief as she came np. The lookout man on the forecastle reported her as close on the port bow, where also the tflicer of the watch i from the bridge clearly s«w her as did also the quarter midshipman, who was sent fotward at once to the forecastle ; but on 1 arriving there, no vestige nor any sign { whatever of any material ship was to be seen either near or right away to the 1 horizin, the night being clear and the I sea calm. Thirteen poisons altogether saw her, but whether it was Van Die--1 man or the Flying Dutchman, or who 1 e’se. must remain unknown. The Tourmaline and Cleopatra, who were sailing ]on our starboard bow, flashed to abk I whether we had seen tin strange red

I.ht At 10.45 a m ,I‘he ordinary seaman who had this morning report od lh« Flying Dutchman fell from the foretnp-mast croastrees, and was smashed to atoms. At 4.16 p-m , after quarte a, we hove-to w’t-t aback, and he was buneduv-’rae sea. He was a smart royal yard m»n. and one of the most promising young hands In the ship, and everyone feels quite cad at hia loss. [At the next port we came to the Admiral aso was smitten down].