THE WRECKED PURITAN
CASTAWAYS IN WELLINGTON. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Three Bailors belonging to a missing boat of the American barque Puritan, which sprang a leak on June 20th last during a heavy gale when about 800 miles from Tahiti, landed in Wellington to-day by the Maitai from Papeete. They were Alfred Murphy (Adelaide), Fred. Wragg (Nottingham), and Thomas St. Clair (Watertord, Ireland). When the Puritan was abandoned, Captain Chapman,in charge of one boat with Collins (second mate) and ten men) made for Tahiti, which they reached on July 14. The second boat, also with ten men, in charge of the first mate (Hatfield), parted company soon after the two boats left the derelict vessel, and ns nothing had been heard of them since Collins, the second mate, reached Auckland on July 20, it was feared they had been lost at sen. Fortunately that was not so. After thirteen days in nn open boat, the crew suffering somewhat through shorrtage of water, they reached the island of Anaa, and proceeded by a trading vessel from there to Tahiti. Three came on to New Zealand by the Maitai, and the rest went to San Francisco.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 48, 18 August 1911, Page 5
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196THE WRECKED PURITAN Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 48, 18 August 1911, Page 5
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