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Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 46, 7 September 1889, Page 2

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Capt 1C&A0, of the schooner Midge, i j which vessel arrived in harbour on j the 4th just, has kindly famished ;:s with the following aooount of :.• wivck of the ihipGarston on !Stnr).»iek Hand. The aenoomr J j Midge arrived at Wallis Island on i [August 21, and Captain Kami loarnoil that a shipwrecked erew lia: left On: island ivrn days before, j It appears they t>el<mg«d to a ship j | named the Oarston, of Liverpool, was wrecked on Starhurk Inland or. the lith Jnljr. The crew , numbered 2S In a!!, and ono of th< ; boats with thn captain and eight of the men arrived at Wall* Island , on tho 9th August in a very weak condition. They went twenty-thr. j day., in the !>o"it, and all the pre ri«ot«Uiey !nd wa« »Hha of mil meat and 20! l« of biscuit'. The\ hiii'. very littla witer vo but \ I rain fell frequently, which thev j j saved in their <oil.sk in cents. Just I liefivo th- jwr fellows tdghted Wallis 7 land, they ha<l arranged i» ' ! cast, lot* whioh of Litem should I* ', , sacrificed to keep tho others alive When they reached the island Mi Wcsthrook, Messi*. McArthur ami Jj | Co.h ::gent on W«llw, received them -+M ami treated them with great kind M now. lie found thom in elolln H j and foot) while they were on tie I | island. «nd when Messrs. Mc Arthur ■ and Co.'s schooner arrived at Wal M lis, he gave thorn a passage in tl< ',m schooner to Tonga. Uis likely 9 ! thoy will get a passage from Ton-n m in the UAB. Co's Wainui. which i M due here to day, and then we will Jfl furnish more particulars. We know j m yet nothing of what has becom. 1 of the balance of the crew. The j following an the names of the boat < J W»w :—CapUinPye | Bruce, seconl 1 mute; Annesliy. third mate; An I derson, aail maker; Brace well, Blcn 1 ktoeon, Moody, Muftr, and G.» V •og. teamen.