Arrival of the May from Cambridge Gulf. A SEAMAN LOST OVERBOARD.

Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 191, 30 December 1886, Page 2

Arrival of the May from Cambridge Gulf. A SEAMAN LOST OVERBOARD.

The barquontine May, from Cambridge Gulf, which has boen anxiously looked for during the last week or two, arrived in harbour early this morning, bringing a largo number of returned diirg-erß from tho Gulf. They appeared to be all in good health, though looking as if they had had a hard time of it. Thoir opinion of the Kimberloy goldficlds is in keeping with those expressed by the men who returned in tho Kentish Lass — that it is a " duffer." The passage has been a very tedious one. A few samples appear to be tho only gold brought by the passcngcre. Tho May left Wyndham, Cambridge Gulf, on tho 17th October at 11 a.m., came through the Arafura Sea, along the coast of New Guinea, through Torres Straits, and tLrougb the Lcmisiado Archipelago. Passed Sudest Island on the Bth December, and sighted Mount Egtnont on 27th iust. ; made Stephen's Island next day, Wellington Heads last evening, and Pilot Holmes brought hor in at G this morning. On leaving: Cambridge Gulf the May met with fight W.N.W. wind, which it was thought was the commencement of the westerly monsoons, so it was decided to take the Torres Strait route, it being 3000 miles shorter than that via Cape Leuwin. After passing New Year Island, met with E. and S.E. winds, which had to be contended with until clear of the Lonisiado Archipelago. The May brought four of tho crew of the barque Bapido, whioh it will be remembered was wrecked at Cambridgs Gulf. During the voyage an ordinary seaman was lost overboard. Of the occurrence tho captain reports: — "At 7 a.m. on the 3rd of November, Ernest Short, O.S , aged 18 years, while in the Arafura Sea, accidentally fell overboard from the port bow, from off the anchor. He was heard to cry out when under the stern. Two life-buoys were thrown to him, and the ship at once brought to tho wind. A boat in charge of the mate was lowered, but after cruising about for threequarters of an hour, returned to the ship without seeing anything of the lost man. When last seen from the rigging of the barque the lad threw up his hands and went down. He was apparently a good swimmer, and it is thought his loose pants got entangled with his feet. At the time of the accident the weather was fine with a nasty choppy sea. The unfortunate youth was a son of Captain Short of Wellington. Tho May's passengers are as follows:— Messrß. Johnson. Nelson, Page, Hercock, Kromo, Bock, Miners, Bramtnahel, Gordon, Anderson, Franks, Faulkner, M'Nichol, Duff, Hare, Beid, lonsberg, Monaghan, Greenfield (2), Leadbetter, Bond, J. Bond, Christie, Philpot, Ncwson, Dunstan, Butlage, Wilson, Armeline, Ekenstien, Taylor, Meek, Poder, Kane, Burke, Bennett, M'Gellagan, Becker, Hunt, Mayne, M'Glone, Stait, Shenney, Chauker, Manfield. Highway robbery almost, to sell the poisonous drunken, purging stuff as medicine to honest men, innocent women, and harmless children, to weaken and destroy their systems and health, when pure harmless Hop Bitters can be had that cures always and continually at a trifling cost. Ask druggists or physicians. Bead.