HIGH SEAS TRAGEDY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 104, 29 May 1909, Page 4

HIGH SEAS TRAGEDY.

SAILORS VIGHT ~WITH KNIVES OS WKECKED VESSEL, London, April 5. The history of the vovagc of the bai'ipus Katon Hull from Newcastle to Valparaiso reads like n chapter in a Sensational honk of adwuturc. The vprsel cxjjfvicm'.'il n succession of violent storms, which entirely disabled her, and thou, to add to the troubles of the captain aTid the officers, a serious disturbance took place among the sailors. At the time the ship had been drilling for seven weeks, a helpless wreck on the ocean, and while preparations were hem;; made to abandon her, some of the crew stole liquor from the cabin and quarrelled. It was not long before 8 fight was in progress. Knives w-'ie freely used, with the result that one mail was killed and two others were wounded. _ A small steamer came to the vessel's aid 82 miles from Tahiti, and agreed to tow her to Tahiti for £OOO. These services were accepted, and the TCaton -llall was towed to Tahiti, where the -seaman who is alleged to have killed his mate was handed over to th e authorities'.