A Sensational Voyage
♦ PLUCKY CONDUCT OF A YOUNG SAILOR. (PER PfIESS ASSOCIATION). Melbourne, This Day. The baique Trafalgar has just com* nleted a sensational voyage from Batavia. While loading there a number of her crew deserted, and the second mate was discharged. The captain died shortly afterwards of fever, and the chief officer of the vessel decided to leave such an unhealthy atmosphere, but fever broke out a few days after sailing. Tbe mate was at tacked by the epidemic and died, and five of the crew succumbed at intervals. The command of the vessel then devolved upon a lad of 18, named Sholton, who had just completed his indentures, and he succeeded in bringing the vessel safely into port.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 194, 18 December 1893, Page 2
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120A Sensational Voyage Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 194, 18 December 1893, Page 2
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