THE PIAKO.
j i >'--^j|,^'^j , ew "ZcaJaict SHppine Company iXinaited bave. fcr last mail, receiTed £nll pirticulais'of th«_, casitv4s> r ttil "Sne retoA. Xt.appears, that the which leU Plymouth on ihe of 11th QetoW,. w»b -3SS emUcnat* and sawual WBEeei«eTß, hoi readied latitude "deg-. S.-,andlongi» SaeSd«y. "W.. oa the 11th Norewher, when, Tjet»reen.l©ua»i eSeren in the forenoon, the chief i •'«*B*r- : Cbptew Boyd tliat .smpke was from the fora tech ka3iQ? to the lower =: Boyd instantly prooeeflea to the j spot had one of the hatches removed, and die- ! nndttrje^f» rvazsg ilte crevices in theearsG. The fire hell was at once rang and the fir* «a»!ae manned, hut so strong , was the fire tfiat fcefOTe Capteiu Bcydt co»ia bring ithe carpenter, to cat ttre*i?h the deck ot*r the place where he bad gesa tKe Jbuae denee Yotaaes of smoke had driTea the men froa Wlow. The hatches were put oa,wvt blanket* J**3> <jrer crevice, and water pamned l-» the eiicises into ts«e 'tween decks till Uier were<inite SooSed. The l>oats were ,a}t got ettfr •Sβ tMAisiosed. Acs *l^ l **° m * n ' irere" td»«4 astern, while the ship's course was Jbead&d. for Parsaaabaco, aßont SX) jnllea distant.' la the sfteraooa, the bar«ine Jjoeh Dooa was sigt r,A t ia. answer £Q the Pieko's sigmUs of disshe la? to- ■*•* *i> oll M tie ships had annroacheJ each other snSSetetlv. all tho eiai«ad jes«H«ie«r9 were traasferred to the feea' Dooa. withoat cascalty of any kijifl' '■mtsterer Qvee relieved or tfte responsihiHty s tt«s3gdißsr iprsXuaM). feeight, Boyfl's S*fctoSS*lsi*«hip«aacargo, m called Jw txew toretMT; β-i* ?«>d ** was Ms determination to ttey aid ffceir duty, neier Itarins the Mimjs iSU A-, P-ia. on 13th. when Hhe Teesel po*4s of Peraamb-co. The IjCich TVwn srrired «>on after, and all the immi- - -maßStoi' rare b&esi oa shore to &&m healthy Bland 7jT*h«■ harhoc. where most commodunsqnerters 3 wieweem^*^" ,l,6,ll * * z,i e * er y «*eessarjr>*tranre- *-- uaSitwiaa for their-rictralSiijr by the eonj«vny"s esents. As therhaa !«tt «H their clothes, Mid the ' BritiA Co»sui refoseii to roppiy them, Captliu at eaoe dsdrso on the company's aceoact. JfituwhUetiie bMp had beea into the -'.'.' «W(J ttw.ptnnp*liad heen kept "-"■ i -eocrltis in waterint~-> f6elo!d until the well showed ' : St. fl'e cedd -cot be got Tinder, and most t®. iß^tißtlTCSkf' 3 ** B was ehHged to consent to Tfce - hartarof Pernambneo ■ k» ea ,£s2flean<\r honota,isa ti;e*liif>ruiiiorisk by -xeeoiiinK oa- it. Three d«ye later by aid of power- ■'' fal" steaitt pßnsi»» the Teasel was raised, and the - " trtesrrwAic afiricee show that ehe was quite vainhy the fire, and as £033 as the decks iadflttinssihad'beeoreee-red there was nothing- to the vcjAgt, except the neeesMtTofwaitiie mxtiini of provisions «aa cum from SWi-miTtoi&et the vessel was rei>orted ready tv «»d as she sailed on 2»th it ia proiSe that **mc deJay ai*i occur through waiuns OB boara the Piaio, sad tbe caccaia's shows clearly th*t exceTlSEt disci»ii:» had been raaintaiaed oa the «j»«fe, «c ef*e ihe?e xsnsfc bave beea srred toss of taSFsJi weQ a* ot the ship. The manifest of the sI»W3 oothieg that eoald hare led to spoaflfaaoos cotabcatioa, aad as all fhe spirits acd lioxtcr* were stowad !a tie lower hold tJt, it is clear rOO3Paet bsr» oiigiaateJ through pilfenrg .U% ssßsftuAcry to be shVto *3d thai all*s» '' ~p»£Beßgvcs were qtdte beaithy, kbA thgra was no ~"""iSSriSeSIS!JS ?»rpstarft to ferer or other epJctesntc' *ithoiii»i«yiH=ktiiaeMp shotOd }« here β-bont 15th Febroarjr-
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Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4206, 21 January 1879, Page 2
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