AN EVENTFUL LIRE.
Captain James Bell, whose death took place recently, manager of the Liverpool Steam Tug Company, at Gibraltar, was a sort of 44 Captain Kettle,” and into his fifty years were crowded many stirring incidents. Captain Bell was twelve years old when he began his adventures. He started ,r life in a Whitehaven brig, and at he commanded his ship. For years he traded among the remote islands of the Pacific. Then he turned to West Africa — nearly forty years ago. He had a way with the natives which won their respect, and a tribe near Benin made him their chief. He in tropical splendour, seeHMMtfew white men until British |||||||®;.made their appearance on the sea. life claimed him ? '• he became a pilot. One notable engagements was to take the u P Forcados ca pt ul ed the
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Waipukurau Press, Issue 314, 29 September 1908, Page 7
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140AN EVENTFUL LIRE. Waipukurau Press, Issue 314, 29 September 1908, Page 7
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