A FAMOUS CAPTAIN DEAD.

Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3052, 26 November 1878, Page 1

A FAMOUS CAPTAIN DEAD.

The New York Times. Oct. 9, reports: —Captain Charles E. Judkins, formerly Commodore of the Cunard fleet, of steamships, died at his residence on Mosley Hill, uear Liverpool, England; on Monday night. He was in tbe service of the Cunard Line for over forty years, having .. worked his way up from a subordinate position. He first commanded the old Caledonia, and afterwards flew his penant as Commodore on the Arabia, Persia and Scotia. During the. Mason and Slidell trouble, when war with England was thought to be imminent, the Persia was chartered by the British Goverment to convey troops to Quebec. With the Sixteenth Regiment, 1000 strong, a detachment of royal engineers, and a large force of commissary officers and men. Captain Judkina sailed the Persia up the JKiver St. Laurance until the ice rendered further progress impossible. He then safely landed all the troops in the ship's boat at Bic. Two of the boats were frozen in while landing the last df the men, and they were able to walk on shore on the ice. The Persia was obliged to leave them and go down the river to more open water. For his gallant conduct in taking troops so near to Quebec the British Government suitably rewarded the captain. Over 400 voyages across the Atlantic, to and from New, York, were made by Captain Judkins without the loss of ' a single life and without material injury to. the vessels he commanded. So. great was his popularity . that it was a common thing for passengers to wait over, until the vessel he commanded was ready to sail and passage ou his vessel frequently brought a premium. Ladies, and children travelling alone were .always placed under his protection, and were well cared for. His life when in New York was one continual round of visits to the houses of those who.had; ("Continued in Page 4 jl : ■"' -