Sad Tale of the Sea.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1660, 17 March 1886, Page 2

Sad Tale of the Sea.

Nearly a year' ago the oaptMhbt an ■■' *■ English ship, on arriving m Wellington, ,gave us (P<w/) Bome.yery mtereatinrparticulars of life at Tristan d'Acunlia; M 'which he had ■gathered troiii a boat's crew of the residents' who ; had boarded the ship a few udilds' from *the island. It ■ ..wasißtated'that'th^'litf le colony of aboai 150 souls depfendedpartlyfor subsistence; (j upon |the oasual supplies they obtained* v > from } passing vessels. __A. sorrowful '"" commjentary upon the precariousness of this method ( of getting provisions it sunplied m the/lfdUpwmg\rißi3>ort recently, 1) made ; by fßantledge,- of th«. barque itoatMuri»y,-to the Secretary ' of the Marine Board at Newcastle,"^ ifSiW. :— " As I wasspassing the Wand e£ d'Ajcunha'pii^h^: 30th~I)«o. 1885, a bo&t^oaine offijmanned by. some pf--^-' the inhabitHptSi^iho; informed me infp^ m November last ttieitx lifeboat: feff the island; (manned bf 15?naen) for the purIpSse of tradmgg%ith a ship which ,wijfc , passing the islantUaboui five- miles '«&%, .and: that.said'boaj^Ver returned' They .did not'kno\^netKelr they reached $hji>. smjpr or ngfc' They reported-irrfS be blbjvißff a stro^^f^^Sjabrthe-timer but i not- so strong alfro cause them^t^flSink ?tbere iwas any danger m communicating with the ship," I« reference to/tjre fore- , going, v it will be remembered (lays the .Sydney^ Telegraphy of Jjhe, \2Brd .ultimo) tliat % barJ^West«icUnfefffion »if)( ) rival here s f roin Briifol '6xT3iM&ri'id' J reported the strange disappearance of » boat when off the^ lsflafid^ p&d.^tßoagb the captain of that" ve'ssdl altered* hi* course and made a search^ he failed to discover any trace of eitherthe boat or its occupants. : . Thej captain of, the . pore obtained -the names of > the i-'orca— "' pants ; of the ; missing ..; families. T^eir loss had cast quite a glootn over the i§« land. , -The :boat f they went out m was a present'&l^the Board of Traded. .;• 1

Th» schooner Chrissie Wright, 365 .tons register, while on her voyage from 1 f^ilaiie|php-to^£ayannah with guano, encountered-*, thoaw gale and^wisj leajc-ir j ing.' j TU£ captain ittenfpted 1 V *pat into* J Beaufort, but got ashore about three miles] off the bar. TMrsfejiftrd was washid overboard by a huge sea boob afterithe vessel/struck, afate which also befell another of the crew. "TPhe others could! not gefcon^shore^and the, people of the place, were prevented: by tierHble ' storm and .(wa^rggi. att^p^in£. £ ,mnjr .' > rescue.v I^waS^;,^ that the vessel got ashore, andit wt» t , not until the 11th that the jple surrivor' ""'' watresoued. The mizzenmast f«U and killed one of the sailors, arid the captain, niate, and 'aaothen seaman. Werfrf^ozettj^f death. The man Baye/l ; had beeja four days without, food. . He, tried all he , could to keep the captain and the mate alirt, '* even beating 1 and kiokiner them to pee.^ ■Vent .them sleeping. They could not. however, keep awake, and sleepgended m deatjv, The f roz^wrpses wexe;i»rjri»d on shbre for m<fr|ilfev .i '^v^;^

The condition of Undlordsjn Imftnd may be judged by/; the following exfract from 'a Home paper on the 23rd January : — «4* they meeting of the; .pqugMvaa, .„ Board of ' Guardians yesterday, a' letter — 1 •was received Ifonf «.a ' wfll-ki£b«ir|]qpal Jandlbrd, Mr.J?isroe O'Brien, of Fliuthill : applying ior outdoor relief, pfateii? |Bal 7 ; 'dtbeifwisehe would be reduce.d $<T wanf. * ' ,He had W means of livifag-' until ft; difficulties concerning r'his: property., fr§^ settled, fHe redded (hat had paid tTiqusati'dsof^pounds m ratts ou^ of hii /. property. A guardian ; remarked. tßat V they idid not care if all the "landlords ia Ireland were applying, for relief. The appjibaiibn was f avbrably ; rec^Wd/ { Bo|i> i no decision as to"tho*' amount of< relief was arrived at.

t •.•j.^. 7 ,7. fi " -■,]■--.,, ..... . „ . t ■■•■ Atlthe B.M. Court, Mairtbp, 'ori^iftl^ *': day Mr J. C. Fulton, * purchaser of the book debts m the bankrupt estate of Messrs Saunders & Son , late storekeepere) , I suid -Mr T. 'Eloyd for- £15,: : for vCQodf^ , ( [ sold and -delirered ;to ■ him.. The r '^^« :', ' gave judgment for the amount claimed ~ 4 and costejibut made, the extraordinary provision that the debtor, should I 'pa^ -' only 10s. per month.' At this rate of payinoht it will take nearly iwoyea»-r* and nine mouths toiliquidate the.debt. s |; Th^ee tall^ohimnera .belopgwg ij Kunhei^an'dCoVo^Ber^'wet.lat** destroyed by:, means of, f gun-cotton. Thy largest was" about 147ft v high, ; and > " ' diameter at theibase/ In or<i«r it , should f mil outwards from the city.' the charge of £gun-cotjton (abpatji^lb.V m*% r« attached m proportions to the side next ' " -the city, and to the adjacent sides. All three! were •xjdo^ed jimftltajatoualyjidth =,•; njagneto-electric ..apparatus.!; T*» chimney, instflW%*;f^Hiin^ ob^liqagly, icolla^sed vertiojkllj^\ an]d| on iiojp^ctfoa ,the four walls of tm> pedestal we^ fouQad ,to, ;i have been} djFi^en ,ou.tw«oii-l The bricks were all detached -from fedoh otheH and nearjy ill entire^ The 4«bVie Waafiirown a Tjftjr&ttle dintano*, fTb* two Vther chimneys, treattanwiSnirnr, fell . as was expecttd—i.*., obliquely a"way. frpnoL^he ci,ty. One of them, m falling, Jbrdk«.m^w4 iKoufe tht.inidile; Q . '' Contrastort fprtfQrk* Lshonld haye v^^,. definite understanding as to the cost of " "' iifetawjerk*,. followinf ease heard at the Wanganui Resident Ma«[< ' : istrate's Cpurt ( iß wtffefiggm. .^what may 'otherwise happen :~D. Murray r. CDJSibclair, claim £46 la this case ,there ; wji| asflispute, ••j C tg.«»9 g Dri*t., .of certain castings which were 'reqttuwdp ffor the Marton t -waUrWqrks. Th» defendant contended that'fie ooold ob.tarn pimilar castings icrWeUington at perlb, w,herea» :P l»in\lffhadch»rfed Tjiim 4d. As there was no evidence produoed by the defendant iff support of bis > s^n«nt,#dgme^tpM,^Teaaf«r s , plskintm^ for the amount 'ci§ii^eq ana > 30s costs. Defendant bW^ivd to pay the amount m one month and the b«> ance m four months* but tMt Mr Murray Reclined to aUow unless satisfactory gu.a.ran.tow wefe obiaioed, Theie beiof ußGbUinabto, %n open jadgmint w«« IrefiordoA