THE CROZETS CASTAWAYS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1739, 19 December 1887, Page 3

THE CROZETS CASTAWAYS

"European Mill," October 2Ut. [ '• Thirteen shipwrecked mariners have . taken refuge m the Oroz*t Isles, August ' 4th, 1887." A pieoo of tin ploto with ! theie words, written In French on It, had , been attached to the neok of an albatrass, ! found dead on the beach of Freemantlefon September 22nd last. The Colonial Government of South Australia at onoo \ Bent word to England, and onr Foreign Office commnnloated the intelligence to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. The French authorities having enquired Into the matter, oame to the conclusion , that the wreck must be tbat of the , Tamarls, a three master belonging to the firm of Bordea and File, Bordeaux, which , [ sailed for Noumea on December 13th , last, and not having been heard of slnoe, , wa« thought co have perished with all on board. The orew of that J vessel consisted of thirteen persons, , The French Admiralty, after com- : munloating with the Bordeaux firm, '. have determined to send oat a despatch boat from Madagascar Station to the Orczet Isles whloh are situated is the South Indian Ooean, some 44 degrees south of the Equator, and about 50 degrees East of Greenwhioh, It Is thought the albatross must have traversed fully 2000 geographical miles to get to Freemantle. Every hope Is still entertained of rescuing the shlpwreokod orew, for the Orrzat Isles are stated to abound m game and fish, and the faot of the words quoted having been written on tin plate makes it appear pro* bable that some of the tinned provisions that were on board the Tamarls have been saved. No doubt the shipwrecked mariners will have a wonderful tale to tell when they get btck to Europe, and the South Australian authorities deserve great commendation nfor having so promptly advised the Homo Government of the carious trouvaille met with at Freemantle: * I