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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6986, 13 February 1891, Page 2

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Auckland, February 11. During the voyage of the ship Persian Empire, which arrived to-night from London, 102 days out, a seaman named Stephen Jellish fell from the yard into the sea on November 12, in the Bay of Biscay, dnring a gale, and was drowned. It is believed that the man was dead before he reached the water. Jellish was a single man, 31 years of age, and a native of Portsmouth. On January 21 another sailor, George Crusol, 30 years of a«e, a native of Holland, died from paralysis. He waß buried at sea when the vessel waß off Cape Brett. On Tuesday the steward, Robert Neville, had his leg broken at the ankle through getting it entangled with the ropea when the Bhip was tacking. The captain and mate set the injured limb. The voyage was a rough weather ono. Dunedin, February 11. Captain Standard of the barque Thurso reports having fallen in with an Island marked on the chart as Dougherty Island, and deemed by most mariners as having no existeace. Its bearings are 59 deg 20 mm 120 deg 18 mm W. Wellington, February 12. The Arawa arrived from London via Hobart at 8 pm, but anchored in the stream and the tender not go off till morning.