A Ship's Adventures

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXI, Issue 5501, 19 October 1901, Page 4

A Ship's Adventures

BLOWN A'-BORE, TWICE AERESTB& A&L THE OFFICERS DIE.

There is scarcely a parallel for an extraordinary shipping case just deposed of at Qaeenstown, Ireland.

The German barque Planet was chartered by K-aecht & Company, of Paris, and loaded a cargo of logwood at Msz^tlan, in Mexico, and was ordered to Plymouth for further orders, While being loaded she was blown ashore in a hurricane, the cargo had to be discbargpd, and having reloaded she started. On tho passage home her master and officers died of scurvy, and her crew became affected by the disease. She fell in with the London bound steamship Crownpoint in May last, 210 miles from the Irish coast, and the master sent bis third officer, Mr Bryant, on board the barque to bring her to Qaeenstown. j When the officer went aboard the j master of the Planet waa very ill, and I shortly afterwards died, and was buried I at sea. The Planet's first mate had J. previously died, the second mate w.as j dying, and signals were seat tq.a. jjapa-1 ing steamer to take the latter ou-r. ©•__ the vessel but the master of the steamer refused, The second mate soon died, and was also buried* at sea. ""Tfye Planet was brought to Queenstown by Mr Bryant. Then difficulties ©ommenced afresh. A new captain arrived, and received orders from the rival agents to take the barque to Liverpool and Havre respectively. Messrs Gounig & 00, Liverpool, and Messrs Odenerand & Oo of France, Bet up rival claims to the cargo, so that the ship was detained at Qaeenstown. The latter firm bad a French judgment that they were entitled to the cargo, while Messrs Gounig had the Planet arreted on a warrant of tho Irish Superior Court?, and later on the Planet was further arrested at the suit of tbe s.o. Crownpoint and Mr Bryant for salvage service. But bail in £1800 was given in this case, and so far aa' . went she was released. • /fter a long wrangle and sc- . motions aud cross motions » ■ - „ Superior Courts the French firr rt '_._._, j topiy tbe Liverpool firm ?£_§_s f or the cargo to be respond' £o _ M claims by the ship, and . . months detention at Q *af th"c to, . ii j aeenstown the Planet was allowed «„ j _ * •o to depart for Havre. r