A MYSTERIOUS WRECK.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 68, 10 March 1908, Page 2

A MYSTERIOUS WRECK.

SEXSATIOXAL, SEQUEL. TEIiJIIISLK UUIIbEI! OX THE HIWJj SEAS. j COOK TAKES CUIAIUIE Oi<' THE VESSEL. THE VESSEL J)I!IVE\ ASHOKE. Jtweivoil ilaivh 11), 1.18 a.m. •Sydney, .March 1). . A sensational sequel ty the recently reported mysterious wreck of a .-(•liiiriiicr with a man ninl cabin-hutf aboard at Apainama lagoon, in tin l (Jib,

licit C.riiup. i» lo hand by I lie Island, steamer (ierniania. Hayes, an employee of JSurns, l'liillifwi and I'd., visited the wrecked schooner, and obtained ii statement from the, cabin-boy, nnnieil Jackson. The schooner, mimed Xcuvre Tigre, sailed under Hie Italian Hag, being: "Wind liy the master and mate, all* left. Ciilliiii cai'ly in November. Tiie cargo included fifty tons 0 f eoke, and the crow consisted of the captain, thei mate, a cook (who is a Belgian named, Mortimer), and Jackson. ; . 't'lie iii-st day out the cook attacked! the mate with a tomaliawk, wounding! linn in t'he head, but lie escaped intoi the rigging. The captain, hearing aj scnllle, came out of the cabin. As lie! cliil so the cook felled him with the tomahawk. Then, securing a gun, he. compelled, under threats of shooting; I'lib captain and mate to jump overboard. : The cook scared Jackson into assists ing him to jettison the cargo and do other work. The cook told Jackson! that lie intended to call at Tahiti andi then go to Australia, where he hopcilj to soil the schooner, the name of which' he took the precaution to paint ou f ,«' .There were plenty of provisions After they Jiad drifted about for weeks, the cook finally drove the vessel ashore at Apnnmina. i This statement is similar to the eon-; fession Jackson made to the Island! authorities at the time of his arrest. ,