ADVENTURES OF A SHIP'S CREW.
The Cimard steamer Algeria, which arriv'.'.i in' tho JMei-sey -from Sew'" York, b;Y.;," ! >i. jive (,'i Iho crow of tho Sulcombe, bfiv.ii'.'ntiiio Hilda, vhieh wus wrecked near West Caij'.'ti,. WVsfc indies. Tlio men report that, !hv> li'ikli tt-nr. hound from Cape Jlayti to the ICr.'dij.h Channel, for orders with a cargo <.if logwood, when she btrnc.k or. Malhssea ueef. Tbe crew, nine in number, took to the boats, and remained near the vessel all but next* morning it was seen that she wiis breaking up, and they, therefore, pulled in the boats for an island about ten mile:, off. Ibey landed, and seeing some houses in tho 'district, the mate nnd two others made for the place, having to travel twelve miles throxigh the bush. Wiien they got. to tin- spot they found tho houses to beall in ruins, and the island appeared to be ■wholly uninhabited save by wild cattle and other'animals. The men had to return again through the woods, though darkness set in, and when they reached tho shore they found that their comrades had gone off to the vessel, and the men had to swim out for some distance to a boat which thoy had left at anchor. After great hardships, however, the whole of the crew eventually reached St. Tboma.6, whence they were taken to New Yo-:-k,
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), 7 January 1881, Page 4
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