CARNARVON CASTLE WRECK

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 28 February 1907, Page 3

CARNARVON CASTLE WRECK

PLIGHT OF THE SL'ItVIVOUS

Perth, February 27. Captain .Jones's diary was preserved >y him during the long boat voyage.

It shows that a saihnaker named Alexander Naylor died on February 18th, and John Owen, an apprentice, two days later. The bodies were eomt «ittcd 'to the deep, all repeating ihe Lord's Prayer.

The last entry is dated February 21, and reads as follows:—"A light westerly breeze; our water is finished. The Lord pity us, otherwise we shall all be dead soon. (-Jive ih strength t<> bay, Thy will be done.' Is this hypooeraey? 1 hope not. O Lord. g!vo us strength, tor ours is nearly done. •\Ye look to Thee entirely. Our reckoning is all faulty; "there is no sign ol land; yet, Lord, guide us in this world and to the next."

('apiain Kvan .Jones is a wiry little Welshman, and i* very proud of the | behaviour of the crew throughout the trying experience. ITe could not explain the c;mse of the iire. All U' had heard was a muffled report like a distant gunshot; the&i snioko i-sued from the haflehway-'. 'lsie lining seemed to envelop the whole -ship. Tiecaptain thinks the fire might h:ive been rinsed bv spontaneous eombusln'ii or an infernal machine in the hold. Most of the crew are in a low si-it". nn d unable to Bleep.

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