TWO SUPPOSED FATALITY IN COOK STRAIT.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume II, Issue 181, 14 December 1880, Page 4

TWO SUPPOSED FATALITY IN COOK STRAIT.

Sron’, further particulars liavc been received as to tire circumstances under which the throe missing men—Leandro Teodoli, Francesco Mori, and ('liristi Xieholis—left Cape Campbell on the 2!)th ult., since which time nothing has been heard of them. It appears that about live weeks ago, a party of Creeks and Italians, among them being the missing men, went to Cape Campbell for the purpose of getting paw.a shells. On the 211th November a boat was purchased from the lighthouse keeper, and the three men named said they would sail her to Wellington. The lighthouse-keeper and several others strongly dissuaded them from attempting the voyage then, as it was blowing strong from the X.K., and there was a heavy sea on. However, the men insisted upon starting, and accordingly set sail in their frail craft—an open boat from 18 to 20 feet long. The lighthouse-keeper watched them with his glass till they got out of sight, and observed that the boat was knocked about a good deal. Since then nothing has been heard of the ill-fated crew, although a diligent search was made for them. The steamer Napier called at Cape Campbell yesterday morning, and brought away the remainder of the party—

seven in number. They had secured about 80 bags of shells, the result of live weeks work. They state, however, that after reckoning freight, passage, and other expenses, the work of collecting the shells does not pay, and they have, therefore, determined to abandon it. The Napier kept a sharp look-out for any signs of the missing boat, but no traces of her were visible. One of the missing men--Leandro Teodoli—was married in Wellington about L> months ago.— Pnsf.