A Remote Island.

Lake County Press, Issue 905, 5 April 1900, Page 7

A Remote Island.

Esi ific Koiiilii't'd So'” A correspondent of an English paper stall's :—(mi' of her Majesty’s men-oi war recently paid the annual visit to Tristan d'Acniiha. a small volcanic island in the South Atlantic, to bring home letters from the little community of ninety persons who live in that iso luted spot These have Just nan lied England, and it appears from the communications that Mr. Peter (liven, the venerable child' of the island, is still alive, and has amain been instrumental in saving the lives of shipwrecked crew t. The old man's record of life-saving on his lonely islet its probably nnhpm. The Government, of Kin,a Humbert have soul Mr. Green a handsome silver medal and diploma, together with a sum of £M to divide among his people in recognition of The Galh ntry Displayed by them in rescuing tin* crew of an Italian vessel which was wrecked on the rocky shore of Tristan. The President of the United Stales had previously sent the sturdy old hero a chronometer and chain as a token of his appreciation of a similar noble action in the case of an American vessel. Green, by reason of his protracted residence ar Tristan, lias become unite attached to the island, and now expresses his intention of ending Ids days there. It is some sixty years since ho saw any m his relatives. He lias latterly become vested with the duty of Solemnising Marriages, and on one memorable day ’ spliced no fewer than five couples—two of them natives of Tristan, two of them belonging to England, and one eonple from England. The aged chieftain records with satisfaction a visit to Tristan d’Acniiha from the Governor of Si. Helena, who was on his way to that island, and states that the latter was successful iu “putting to rights" his clock, which had slopped for a long time. At the urgent request of Mr. Green, a "national anthem' for Install has been specially written by Mr. G. Newman. ofFinsbury-road. Wood Given. The latter had a relative—Captain Anderson, of the ship Iv.'imivs who was shipwrecked off Tristan in ISGS. rescued and succoured by Green, and since then Mr. Newman has corresponded with him. For several years Ids letters were sent bv ships of war from the Admiralty ; of late a man-of-war has called theie once a year with mails.