THE PENGUIN DISASTER

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 21, 18 February 1909, Page 4

THE PENGUIN DISASTER

MTEU THE EVENT. CRITICISMS Ak'l) OITMOXS U.N s-THAIT'NAVIGATION. EXPECT VIEWS.

Chrisiehurcii, I'eb. la A special writer in itic Press, referr-1 ing to tlic dangers i>f navigation in r,.i>k j .Strait, says.- "Clear or tiiii-k, il iiiity bi' stated tlial. almost without exception. every eas.inil\ in tin- vicinity of Cape Terawhiti ha,'been mainly due pi a ~vj to till! swill-rUiUling "ill uncem.. of Cook Suuit, ttliiui arc til tin.: '■'■■■ -. i in that locality; ami, secondly, ;..:■-. j it is an important turning point I -we,.:-! Port Nicholson, Ule position of wli.-llj has frequently to lie very iiiigmy a-- j aumed for want of more mil:-.'.ii'tory : means to locate it. The tides run fairly \ -parallel to the line of tiie coast, inn | their strength is such that a slight al-i ternliou of the ciiiivse, Uriiiging the ; stream to a very small extent on cither how, will cause the vi —el to sheer rapidly out to sea or into danger. 11l addition to this the irregular nature of the bottom, in coiuhiliation with the .-wilt I running tide*, makes it a plate whom tlw use of the lead is almo-t an absurd [ ily, ami to adopt a slow speed and a ■ rigid emiipliiuicc with Hoard of Trade | regulations would lie inviting disaster. When thick weather prevails caulion I marks the guarded way only in one ili-1 rection. viz., that of so wide it c,,ur-,e that neither a. tidal wave nor a emulsion of nature could possibly drive the vessel into this undesirably vicinity. Hut even this is attended with danger, as it frequently causes an uncertainty of the ship's position and allows of only such a roughly approximate reckoning that milch risks may he incurred later on when attempting to make the land at Penearrow Heads. "Of the tides in Cook Strait much has to he learned. All seamen ed in Cook i-trait navigation an, pretu well .unanimous oa the point that ine published tide-tables or caleulatai.is deducted from the moon's meridian passage afford us guide to the tides and currents of the Strait. A theory which is liatliiig favour with shipmasters using 1.001; Strait is that what have been n.lherlo considered unusual tidal phenomena, art* in reality surface currents, induced sometimes by local ami weather conditions, and often by gales anil meteorological disturbances .aging at great distances. ■ The character and cause of these unusual tidal iulltiences is, however, of less importance s than the fact that they do occur, l'lie running of a flood tide for fully an hour and a half after its accredited time, and the absence of an ebb tide through its being forced back by an opposing gale, coulu be attested by reliable experienced men from observations taken in dear weather, and the experience of those who at various times have been engaged laying and repairing cames in 't'ook Strait would satisfactorily prove to the lay mind what has long been a .truism among seamen—that Liouk Slraii tides are an unknown quantity. "When all these uncertain inline,i-,--and the numerous outlying dangers are considered, and it is remembered lh.u the locality is an important turning point far a rapidly increasing- steamship traffic, the question arises wlieta.r, in the interests of public safety and convenience, the erection of a powerful ' light on Tongue Point is not v.oti'ny of serious consideration. liia-sey when visiting Port Nicholson, some years ago, described that port as 'a splendid harbour, with most dangerous ' approaches,' and in weather similar w that prevailing en the night of the Penguin disaster the western approach is by far the worst. '••The seafarers of New Zealand have been frequently twitted with the criticism that whenever a wreck occurs they inslciit-ally shriek for the erection of a lighthouse in the vicinity oi the disaster, and by those whose chief business in life is to oppose everything and consider how 'not to do.it,' it is stoutly asserted that no light is any good in a fog. However, tniu nits '.n.iy lie of some localities, it would rarely apply in the case of a powerful low-level light erected on Tongue Point, only one and 'a quarter miles from the danger centre. Coming from Picton, or making through ,lhe Strait from the westward, u ves-e! frequently encounters tidal inlliienees which vary .considerably in their force and direction. If Cape Terawhiti i ''sighted, it is of great advantage, but, "'failing that, the circling round the outlying dangers between Karori itoik anil -Sinclair Head in an attempt to pick tip Penearrow Light—which, when it }• most wanted, is generally liming its increased four-|iower burner incandescentlilgli light iii the emircling gloom—is one of the most unpleasant tasks tliafall,to the lot of the Cook Strait navigator. Wellingtenians have always- bee;; ,angularly apathetic concerning the lighting of their harbour and its viein . ity, hut it is to be hoped that in view of the number of casualties that have occurred in the neighbourhood of TonfItock, they will bestir themselves and insist on the provision of a safeguard'to - navigation which has been long •wanted."

|i;" ■ PREVIOUS WRECKS. |,--..-.' THE SEA'S BKAVY TOM... |y\ NEW ZEALAND DISASTERS. P " The record of wrecks on the New ZeaK~? land coast contains many tragic stories. II", .The wreck of the. Penguin is the most |p ;..&rioii9 disaster that Iras taken jilaco on E-f our shores glace the wreck of the |vj Kliitgttraite in lf)02. Other notable iffcivwrecks were those of H.M.S. Orpheus i'i W,. 1863, the s.s. Tasmania in 1897, the ».-. |fi-,\Vtairarapa in 18! M, the s.B. Taiaroa i |& .1886- and the a.s. Tararua in ISBI. H.M.S. OKPHIXS. Ine of the most terrible wreck* o'i New Zealand const was that of J.S. Orpheus, 21 {runs, wliich went o.i the bar on February 7. 3, through'stee-ring l.y a chart w'hi.-ii > then obsolete, the channel having Fted considerably since, the chart was de. There were.,2sl) officers and men boord, and only fi!) were saved. IriT ng their lives. Although tlie ve.-si-l died at 1.20 p.m. on a Saturday, the rs was'not known in Auckland ti'l Sunday morning, and, allh"iiir!i re was shipping lyinjr inside the ha rand almost within sight nf the Orus, no intimation of the disaster, mi ate* lit the pilot stationi of tho-e days. i conveyed to Onehunga till laic on (Saturday night. Amongst the wiled were Commodore llnrm-tt, t'.l'.. [ Commander Jlnrtoii. lentira of the Orpheus reealls jhe 3 of the gunboat Boyd, which «■ light to grief by a llaort war party Wlrangaioa, who nnassac-red the crew. f one man escapingailive. The, vis-e| I .then set on lire, and drifted up to osite Whuiupiroa township. I'.emaiuthe Boyd can still be seen beneath water. •WAIUAISAPA. She wreck of the s.s. AVairararm.' ch took place on the (ireat Harrier imd on October 2!>. IS!H. was tinit serious New Zealand marine di--i-- , to point of loss of life, that has iirred dirritug the lost quarter of a tiHy. The steamer, wlu'ch was on way from Sydney to Auckland, with te 220 persons on board '(consisting rassengers and crew), struck -the reel Miners' Head, at flic iiortli-we.Ueni-st'point of the (Ireat Harrier short 1 .. (rmidiiight. The weather had ben ;k and foggy all day. and the night' I very dark. The passeugyrs, who 'e in bed at the time, were .speedily Hacd, and lifebelts were served out bliem. Orders were given to lame-h 'Tiottts, but owing to the great lis* Bile vessel and the heavy ,eas thai 6 Iffeaking over her this was found be-a work of very great liilli'.ulty. it wa.s almost impossible to take on hi 'any of the passengers, as the Br- portions of the deck were under er..'• An attempt was• made t» lower starboard boats, but they'were *---»; ■- Jjand-a number of those who w-vc niem were drilwiied. The rafts, whi 1: e'Siit adrift, were the means of savip, considerable number of per-niu. Majority of t.he drowned appear to 1 been envied away with the bridge

by thu heavv 5,,,,. When davlighl ! broke (-(.urn iia.inu wi,li the -inne I I was ellccled 1... two melilhel, of the f ' I .-.- .a .nils' 11,. ... - -.-. le, had .-ugi.t ~,„ ,\ I in the ri.-rging we,\- i,-,. u,-,|. The -ni- ' e livoi-. aiu-r heillg -Mile Ihiltv hollts 01:11 i l.ie fori... wei ■ (U-i-OVercil hv .-.Mil.: il i .M.i.li- a.;. 1 la!.. ', la their blml- K, (.lllti-lille I-;-.. ,:! iile tlic Ultimo li.-U i 1,11 I ~,)„, :■ ;,M,| - me niemi.i.i- of Ihe , I r.., an I repa-leit the w-rcel.. 'li,- siir-jn Lvinkl' ; ; .'., i'i,'.'-'-!\ilyb."c.,r|v",m' i:'.'.'. j 1 I m0m..... 1 i-l -"Mlllber. The ii,;-.,, I I who w.i- „-, - r..:.,.:., I of the's.ej'm,!' ' ; w.i, .. i i,.owned. |, ELi.-.C.'iMiTI-i. ( j The wreck o, t-i„. ~.-. iilii^ainit,. j which occurred al the Tine, kl m -., ,-. , j Xeveniber !i, IIHI-I, wniUt not heili^al i leaded with such a great loss of lii- „. 5 ; tltii occasioned by the loss of (he Wai- ] rarnpa, furnished one of the 1110,1 ti,:.,: ; . I scene- of the sea liiiit ha* vet |„", : l/dironicied in connection with wrecks ~ •the .New Zealand coast. This ,li-i,le,'-' also occurred in a den.-e fog wltii.-t .th steidner -,,-- „„ her wav from Sidn,to Auckland «i,]i u ;,„„,' u,, [n . ri ; ni ., ,, and a ere,, :-..,,-i-iiag ,„■ ,-, s ; ,n ~,1,1. '";-i, force n,nd !.i once beaaii lo ml 'Vi, I waior. a„id -auk ii»|. b.ag afii-rw,ir-i----t'uc bo-it- an.l rait-, but a fe", we; 'to rea.h tin- 'iu.iiil|..!l,t an':.'.vh.'ii ','■■;'■ - ho"',' ala..,;''n..o : i', ! „''ihe''foi;owing ) da' ■ but il wa- evening |„.f„r - tin, roach,', J . wreck'being received in Auckland -o'm 1 juikeil up oil' the Alidiile'i.iii;:-, .ml r, t otllel- were re.-CUed 11011 l lie I,lea. , King. The-e accouiilid lor all I „e -111 , tin 1...- 11.M.5. '.l', nun.n -.one nil mil-. . from ihe -celie of tile wreck. The ra I had -tarteil irom liie wic,.;, with lii., ', ~en and a -; ewal.le-s „ :1 b ~,r,1. , :,-. \ tli.-ir onl; food co'ii-i-'n-d ,-f two ajiei - . whhh v.; 1,. --at ,10 int. .i.M.-en p : :,-,. liefore the Peugniu -igiited the rat, ! 1 . steward-- aa.i three „1 :!:.■ men In ' died, whil.-t (our other men had juni;,., ' overboard mid. The eight .survivor f who-e -11111 rings had been vcrv inicii - ' were brought to Auckland, wi:-,- th " slowlv recovered, ■ihe remaining 1,,, ; wa-, never loillnl. an,! ihe late of it- '. oiTiipauts 11 main- a 111,-1,1-, ;,} C t ; [ ihiv. The total ios, of 'life wa.-'abnu ' 45.' L TAIiAIH'A. 1 The 10.-- of the liitiou Cumiianv's ..-. 1 Taravua. wt.ich was wreckc,'. ~1 l.ie r.- - -off Waipapa Point, l-'uveaux Strait, „; ! April •>:<. ISSI, i- the most iiiemorabi, 1 wreck of a pa-seuger steiiner that h •■ 1 occurred on the coasi of the Sou'J i- Island, The Tarn run. ■which was ii > cmiuuanil of Captain (iarrar,',, was 01 - her way from Wunedin to the JilulV whei 1 the disaster took place. Some l:!U live -• —llO passengers and ill members of lie 1 crii-w—were lost, onlv about 211 beite. L saved. TAIAUOA. - Th» s.s. Taiaroa, o-w'ued'bv the I'uio- .■ Company and ceniiminded by Capiat' 1 Thompson, was wrecked in t'liek weatln-- ; on the passage from Wellington lo I/,: ' teltmn, on the Marlborough eoa.at, fo thii night of April 11. IS-Sij. The p-J- ---[ scngers ami crvw took to the boats, [tir I three of them were swamped and 'iiid-i . of their occupant-- drowned. In all '. about •■!:! live:- were lost. When th' '. news of Hie disaster n-ailu-.l Wellingt.:i , the Penguin: was one of the slea-.m-:-tluvt- 'were dr-puTched to the scere ol the wreck. TASMANIA. The. lluddai-t-l'arker steam-r TaHiania. 2iK tons, wit- wrecked at Tab!. Cape. APai: 1 :;! Peninsula, near ci-b.irn--Oil Julv i'.K IKII7. witjr ll'e !„.-.- of tec ". lives. 'Tbis 'wreck is -till f-,-.-h i,, th '' minds of New Zeaiandei-. The ves-,- ' was on her way from Auckland i„ Xa pi»r, and was in ihe Sydney run at lk> ' time. She mad: Ci-barne ill eXll'em"!. • thick weather, but V.u unable to work that port, and started for Napier, -ui.. 1 1 ing the rocks in vcrv dim weallun 1 'about 1) p.m. This wreck was nolabi-1 ■' for the splendid behaviour of cveryo." I ■ on board. Not a woman M-rr;imc.i. an ] 1 (-.en-one lined up oil deck, calm! • wait'enl his or ii-r turn t-n receive a life 1 hilt ar.d lie alhilted a place in 0 ■ '• the lifelat.its. tine pa-ronge.:- -at dr.wi. s at tke piaao and oheered the rest will- ■ imnic. The carpenters boat «i|i~ixe.' ■ otV Kawakawa Ih-uii. and I lie oi-eii;,'.n;- . ci-lit iti number, had a trr-eal struggle - to reach (In .-hole and two of then, 1 were drowned. A .-mull I'c.r.t wit': eig'ii ! !!n.''b!,"!e' 1 a-l'.orc bore .->•: ; .-thlui't oil t'lu-'l-ocks. The v:-'--el -.111-' e.:i an uni-h',vvie,'e-.l v--:-k and -an'; >■■ dien water. She wa- voluclal bolw-.-e. , . ' c.il'l.linlt an 1 tliil.lioo. A number ,f l!" [ -nrvivor- wcr<.' livoughl mi to Atu-kl-.'.ii' hv liie s.s. Tarawera and were warm.': . welcomed bv a ireiiieiid'iu* crowd mi i'i. wharves -.uiil along the vulerfr,,;: Then- wa- one among ihe Ta-'inania' ' passengers ~vho will -1-iok back la af; •• year- on Chat wreck with ~i peculiar in ' tr-ri-st, that one having been born »n : lKinrd on the day of the wreck. r."H mother and child were safely landed. The ten men drowned were -tewardand pivntrv-hand-. OII'AU. The I'nion Coni]rany's steamer (.lli.m. which left Cre.vnioHth for Dunedin wi-!, it cargo of coal and timber in May. l-i'.i'.'. and which was siihted oil' Cape Camphell two or t::,ree day- later, was never ■ -r-en again. She is -uppe-e| to have foundered. Captain lircwer and a c-r.-e of about 3U were 10-t with the v.--el. T1 IK KIA OKA. . The Xorther.i Company's steamer Kia ' t!ra. I-.T to.ll-. elig-.ig. d vn the coastal. ■ trade between Waitara, Kawhia. amOn.'himga. wis wrecked on Piritok j reef on the iithospitablc coast -011 th "' the .\bH-akoii,, Hirer o».June 13, ltluT. with the in— ■..! uhree live-, including Captoiti Plaekii.ck. .me of ihe roost popul ir i.llieers in the Northern Company'- ■ service. Ti. -nrviv.o-, who landed 01 a little bescii. experienced much liar,: ■ ship kel'iiw relief 'came, and it will be reineniber,',! lliaj the ii.nni.nl in.piir;. held at Aui-k-biii'l. la-fed for « cou-ider able time, and voluminous evidence watake.i. YEXTX'OK. The steamer \'.-ntiior. which wa- con v.-ving th, r.mains „i -,-veral l:und,„: di-iiil'erred (uiue-e from New Zealand to Chin-i. was wrecked elf liok-aiigd i.. October. UW-i. »'v.,-l'.e i,i-a:'.,-.-r- of \U crew iwcr, dvowned. and i!:e gnie-onm cargo wa- al-o 10-t. oTiiEk! wi;i-;i ks. line of the carii, -I wreck.- ,-1 tin X-" . Zealand coast was thai of the bnnpi rife-hire, one of ll,e 1:-l Xel-01l inf.ni grant -ship-, which .-ani..- to grief en tie ro.k- which now h--.r- Iter nam- ci: leaving Nel-oti lli'iboiir on fehiii;!:;- ■ 27. IM2. The l,il"c M I'.ee. a pit-un-'er vi--cl. hound if Kngl-in-l l-i X.-l-o.i, wwreek, d on Cape farewell :-pii al midnight on Augn-t Iti. 1H77. The pa--.■:-,-gers took to Ihe boat-, and were ev.-li tm.llv re-,-lied. onlv ,'!,-• life being 10-i. TT- -hip CMtelte.n. whii-i being I-,.-.i ~!-! "f Tihi.iru lliiiboui. m, dun,- I-.:. I.v-i. i iih a r.itg.i oi froze.i men. w,- :- ::r i-i April. 1,-.-.1. wii'i a cr;/. - f alau. ~'.'!::,,.■.! ''.Tf' t'i,-e in duly. Ik.-; I. '„,, IclMdered oil file l-iaikmiia - in •Hie' -cho.'.uer Areaiiii i- -a:,,---.; :-, ',:,-,,. f.-uniere.l „ir the New /.,. e.-l:' Mn-t in .March. 1.-Wt Ti... -t.-.-im -1- l.i Hie lie,ii-.,;,1 f.-iiie! ■:■■■' a,n K..U-;,,-. '-ii-ni;- in l) u --:nb-r \>-x). Tie. , ~,giau lc.i-.pie Viking, iron: Auckland lo New '.oil; r.ilh !;:ie. t •jili,-.. wa- ,iban,;..m-d ol'f Cllt.e 11m.; ,vit,'. an Am-klau'., In.lv.' w. r,- never ■-o'lird irf again. The barque l.oell Loinon-1. 11 will be reineiubered. was repi.ri.'d mi-ing la.-f vear. and -,,uie fragment - „f wrec'iiagc came a-lmre on Hi "Harrier nail on Ihe eoiisl. near llokiangi. bit hing J'nitller was heard of either the ves-el oilier crew. , The barque Coii-ttince Cuig. ii. will | ho rein; inebred. disappeared with all on lmord in IPO7. and -was supposed lo leave foiindi;re.l oil' the New Zealand coasl. us up. '•

The auxiliary brigantim- P.io Logo. 1ii,,:,,-,- lad. ;,. ,- now from kai- (■:• '"-> '" Dnnniin, am! U -uppused in be i,,-.i. '■■ l"0 I!!.' I'illV, kill-.-, inltlOli.lllltl ii ,c,ir indole I hill \i„. ibaiqlle Knicr.lid W<!UL u.-horeaiKaipara. I -.1.-1 <uini,-r ihe Xmilieru .-JifiiiiiK'iii:) <<.|lip:,„; , M,a,:,,r M.11i1;,, «;,.- wlcrk- '■' "» li'''i "ml Chicken l-laud- uu Ibe in;, age |i-„iii l!ii-„,|| t „ Auckland, am! ui,hough r,„- v.-r! became |, u.t.il I"-- no iivc, «,., |,„i. The -,s. <(airlock wil- :11i.>.1i.-r Auckland vessel, the wink hi v.ni.h, al l';i]>.- Lguiuin in IMI, , »i'.i in- ri-iii,..n:i,.iv,i. lumtl.n bar .-,, 11,.. ,-,„; oi i,au,'am: I -his v.-..i\ mi-i.,i i,,,,.. was ';!!,. more ■inialdc from ii,„- fa,; „, |„.,- j mi g <t ,.j 4 l. |.i.l H.I- V... CgC 1V,.11l XcW,«-llc. villlli ,u-ki ..„ a sandbank al Ucslpor'l. Ut-l year, lihd rc-lloaiing „|„-i-.iii.,.,., l.lVc re, cllli, ii.-i'll rc.-Ulued. Following arc .-mm. o'lhcr previous wick; ~ii ll„. \,-,v Zealand con.sl:d.litai, .-.-., al Mercury l-ialld. ill ISSi; A-aioit. -i-iiiM-m-!-. in I'nvrt-i,-' ]s- K ', l«"i; -W ni s i;U -. ha/pic.'at ka'i,olll, Sou.h Ilea,l, J.S./.I; Alexander X.w'.ou. barque, at l',,i unilil 1,1:in,1. sal: .sovereign, .-ch-innc.:. at lu-l!e----ii.in.. i;-».M : t iin-iiii... .„-!.i„..n«. ai War .■nam liver. 15.,1: Spray, -: i-.umii.l-, al -;r.,i,. If,:::,, /hilciku. iioii -dip. \V> llingI if liani.iiu. I'.HU: Ai;ii-n.-i-in- Milan; an! r'rnich barque, Akaim-,. ik.u-iu 1-Mii.

UAPI-; TKKAWIIITI. IS A I.K.'IIT Krail'llll-:!) ■'. l-'rom time to linn- it has hern suggi-n----ied that il would iKsi-t mariners "vcrv -.■.rcallv if a liu'iu-house were erected at , ape Terawhiti. I.iellleu.int Knax, it ..ill be :.>,!,i-m!,e,-c,|. reielitlv mem ioaed ihe de.-ir.ihililv of ImMII-j ~ llgni- put ,i--iel., a-i-icnp'.ai.i-appro.ieh'ingfrom ili- m..-il,-v.,--: or snail,-ea-i. Naturally ■ln- illlf.-iii.il ari-e- : 111 wil.lt use would i linhi ie in -ueh weather as was ev.lienced -l-iilay uieiit. when the I'e.l--In mi opinioii." ~;,-.';-ve,l a well•a is urgonllv required on Toagile I'oini. whMi is a little to the eastward of Cape Tcrutthili.- lie went oil to -IIV hat it was probable that ill vcrv thick .leather it would not |„- seen, i'.ul, lie '.miiiimed. lliere are times when the conditions are less adverse, and when il would be a boon to the masters. It was 'lis "pinioa that the light which should V placed I bore should „e one witli a red -ei-ior showing over the lock to the f.i-tward. Very often, he added, it. was ini|,o--il.)le to pick up Penearrow light MIH-.-s the ve-sel was well out to seaill fail, one mii-l have the light open off ■s-iiH-lair Head. -Il is nnJi-piiled." remarked another ■n:i-lor who knows (a- the -aviug is) •M-ery iiicii of Cook Slraii," "'ihat the Penguin weni on Iln- n.cks in a -ontli--e-l gale diirine; blii.diag rain and thick ■veal her. If the weal ho- is s„ had thai ■i ee.],tain can -, nly a length or two •iliead. „f what ttiilily won!.l a light lie 1 'l' cour.-e. 1 do iiol say thai, 'n light ■/".aid be of no i u s,.. but ii is niv o]iiiiion linn, if "lie is going vo l„. placed on I l-kere. il slnmld be er,. ( -|e,| o-a Terawhiti. Whal 1 ni-iilllain i- t| n i. in liiiek ve-iher. :i light- ea.aM „„, |iv ,. vi ..,t a ves-el from |,ei,i L ; ,hi,e,l on i„ ihefoaks n ihe loealily ivle-,-1 11,,- Penguin mi-Tiii-v, v.'te: -hoiih! eai.'ei.is navigating he' ri'lairter.'" '''' l! ' : """' :i '"' ' •".-,-,■„.s.'ve ,1 h- ina-l -,-. "he .-honld l-eep m.l re Ihe 't-n. V,. man cu -dec,- : ,„ aeeun lie--mr-e ill Ihe narrows of Cook Sirai, linker lie.lvv w.-.tHiev. Wilt I inil-l V-'n-'-li-d if i. I hat. ~,.i.-i--,„-;, el,-,.,,,,,. i""ct-t. eaplaill- shim lare th'-ir ve- ■•'- in - -ni"' pv-i'ion nil lelav tini! llf e,-i;,!iti„iu ate more f •voui-abl,-. il i- heller," he -llld-d, "lo be late in reai-hiag perl tiiaa-li, be -orv."

"P'M.Ol.'l .--JACK." i'liL oXIA I'llniTa ti-:d sk\ \liiv. stki; ix Tin-: would. liven "IViorii- .lack" 1 w the I'eni:; '»- Thai i- 1., ,„,. |„. |-,„| diserimii'iing kno-.1,-!;,,-. It. „-;,s ( r , m ,|„. deck of Unit stetimev that one day when •■niilar vi-'.t ,„' li-ii'iid-hiu In the LuiiMl ■':■ '■■ - ''ii'- -hot inn:; ..tit. and all ■:hc!- on boai-i hut the linuigluless in.ivldil:-.! who pu.l',l the trigger, were x::ciu,l, d;* M-;-, 1 that ihe tnarks-■e.-.i. loriiin.,.',',- au iua,-c:;rgie „i,e. h : „| vd d, -:>:;- up,,a 'Murk.-'a; one and the em- cine the delight ami wnmW of raielier- by -en he ihe Crccli Pass 11.., M-cl, in:- been written about rii.i- in, at wiii.arc. Lan on' one '""' is no 1 i„r am- d.uil,!. and Tit was. -11,- knew tin- Penguin." l-'o,--1 m Ihe ilav tint an aiu-lupj wa- mad--.'.Mil bis life from her deck, he gave i'.n -> '.l'.u-r a wide berth. It wa5',.,.,- ■ •cllv fuiile I'.-,- pa-. u n.gcr- to a-k her ::i:-;>"i' L,r iiifi.n.niiion -o coa-tantlv ■ iquircl of all in ,- mind of -learner's i -nr-.ui,ig the rTencli Pass route of the '..'.in,!- trip.-ViTom -hall we -,.,. Ivlorus a-k':" So-far a- the Penguin wa- con- ,-::.,', 1. hi- .Vhijc-iv might be -aid to be -..uexi-ieut. onlv a mythical tale of li- sea. nnoiher of tin- .-,-;, serpent ahh-. Year nfier vear went bv. and a.l.r no ciretiin-ia.iees would Pelorus n, k en,..'l-ge from the silent .hep when he Penguin „.,- ploughing her fur■eg!,-- therein. M-.-„ ,-e.i-,-,! lo wonder uni-lnii-.-. but was il to be a lifelong .u.lgc to be feiiieiubered tig;iia-l I his ■rfei'lly iiMioc'ii: era ft'.' 'file solution i"V"i- being ...Iced. (~,- oul,- some si', veek, ag„. an I thu- a -iniilar period ■re.ion- H, Iln- Penguin's plunge inlu 1- ,|eep grave oil' the Tcntwlliti eoa-t----ille. Pelo',-11- .lack pre-uuiilblv couehided : wa- time lii forgive ami 'forget, and nice again came ~1:1. 10 meet Ihe Pen-;-iiu (he ,-an general!v be seen a mile ,-Unt. making a 1 line for il ■ .lining- -I, i-i. and a- of ol.lei, davs. -for,- etil de-ign- were mad,' upon ids ';'... he phu fully fraC-rni-ed with this ■,ii:c'l"-:ie!i fraternal vi/il-, on'several '.■(•.ishiu-, -Mice. The ,-:,1,1es hive Wilis-.--red Hie wide world over Ihat the Pe,,,:in will come .1 .ore to Pelolll- -lack's : -main. -Will lUi - knowing -pedes of T- limn liibe di-.over the rea-oli why. i- would but, !iuv. 1" b-ive Ili- self-:,-;m luuii". A roving -pirii would ■el be ii-ll'.d. after cll'lv il sll.-rl joiir- -.;.-. di-eot-er whv the Penguin will come 10 more. -Time-.