WRECK OF H.M.S. LILY.
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• r' th* point wm-ro tk* fawatarroak. w.l iam-1140 Tho tmmpot fanaaaWtl ♦.mU-d tho **« W aifbaMb a» aVal •ml th* haala war* Iw—tad wHm.4i*w tinnr j4I «*H»4o >f Im »hj» hrwry »o . whirh hMI ap>n.W tho ahipa okk ; I TtMm »dh*w*>l *m» dmardar- far th j >-iew ilomgU thoir mmkkai hopahnw r 1 The cNptttia, Irom hU ploeo on th J ! l.rid,ie, ttddroMMnl hia mon, and roai ■ure>l 1 hem, mi UuU tho wwnUr 1 pnnia v«j i-iomkad. 1 >ne of thn lemti roiiltiqiuir JatManl>mli(v, Ihdiert I*o»» WimlMW.*Williain Moaioy, an f M'iNtitm (Hater. wn» .orerturnoil afte r |ia*l ing off, and tho amir* namo I a tho it»'W wtrn drnwnod. Vnlaiitm-r wore then ealtod for to tnko a lino t I tho rook*, and inime.li»t.ly ahlo-bmliw ( seaman llarlior. without divi-atiug him Mdf of hia i-lotho-J. apmiig to th" h.nn I nioek and idnn»oil into th foaming wtitorn. H I iit'y iht> |ioopl 00 lemril iiwuttiil tho rorult of hia ml tHiiuwiiH jiiuriior. ami at longtli kliovo the tltiitik-r of ♦lm nurf, a fain . cliuiit w:w lio:ird. thmu 11 Itarl-or's ruiw tn. A otodiviut ymnj D.irtmouth hoy named KniJii, xva*thefiratto.lm ink'-i % off. ami hj» loarning tint tlm Emend. wna by, hurried iff. and r.ornniu niiMtud tho .-vil ti«tii»»»H to hor coin j man lit l):irin'/ Vrnaor's ahsojii-o ih '! work of taring the |h»-o|i- l.y JW't-r' lino wim \Vulter M.tihell :110 „jj Yiimoiit *or.' tln> !irnt id th ' i<re«r ort'Tol l.y ttmir <ki|itmii i ■ <>«qm; thii rop'»bridgo Tliry ob'-yiil i-h'i'rily lillt WIIOIi lli.-y WT" ll ill - Wiiy til tl» r>nd<M, the ship gnto a troiiii-ndoii '_ lurv-li, milling tin- lin< t>> dip into tit ' surf. Mitchell and Doanjnj/ wor nwiipt off like Mra* n, and tho last aeoi \ of tho ■lifurtun.-ito ammon were tHei r waving arm* us thry diaap|K*uiwl .ii ' thn water. Tho lino waa finiliy nmil I aoeuro, utid, after two uf tho crow hoi I landed over it. .1 ha* mm vim ruff oat mid mado f«*t. Tlm work uf diaeai ( bark-it ion won turriud on rapidly an. ( *af«dy. During .the mondng u tho nost tiny the aeu wont down and tho Fin. raid arrir-d. Rvonthiii] ni'.vwble b. hillrfi g to the IJily '»» i taken • n lomrd th- Ktnoratd. and tin . drriM-liml mid <diivoring aurvivnr» von likowioo tnkou off mid auppliett *HI ' nnd clo-.hi .g. V' iivailingaparcl wamifid.- for the •►••.lien of the to»t ■ but a -'n.njj iMirr*>ut running otoogth*hore in tho tii-inity of, tl.o wrot-k earrie.l tho i>-r|»te«i nway. During thi ■lny the Ijdy l.r>>k» up and di«ajip»un'd . 11.-r bevy minx w-nt ti tho Itftttom t dul lite muiull nrtiii w>-rc *ivod by th' Eiu.-riild.
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Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 59, 7 December 1889, Page 3
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451WRECK OF H.M.S. LILY. Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 59, 7 December 1889, Page 3
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