THE LATE CAPTAIN FERRIES.
Kfeßrdiite the; Heath bf G3^ttdH Ferriis; of tlie P.M.S.rf mall iteadier Z'eaiatidla, fiie HiSwtriiliti Gazette "following' gafeicuMrs:—Jame's- S. Fbiriesj the. late popular commimder. of the Pacific. M£il .{jteanier Zealandiaj die,d suddenly, at tet» minutes. pjist .^o'clock on the. ; eyening of Thursdaj-j the gih instant, a little .more than two clays tiSWe reaphing Jlqnoluiu v/ Bte was a native of Mpraylhlrfe, Scotlabdj^n'd was tlie second sod. of the BeV. itr Ferries, late .parish, ■fiifttfetA 6! MiHiiliie: Jit mim M hta Qkcsm V& was.. abbdt tfltft^sevgn j'eairs 6f •$ge, bm altfitfugh s« J;buhg bg^ossfesfeedtlie fullest Cbnfide&cfe »f the febhiiJany ih -wh(Jse &et*l3e he wtts:^ He ' f obmef ly tbtfamanded the, Hteain^hip' . Tartarj in Hajl's linej .- but Jbirjed tlie Zealan"dia previous : t6 her launch in JB7^ and has*, beep in cpmtnandipf jier ever since. Soon, _ after . arriving, ip San Francisco, bn his last trip over, he took a severe coldj and was confined, to the nbuse for several days preVio'tis to Ine sailing of tbe" st'etimef. iils 'death is supposed to have resulted from . heart aTsease, aggravated by tli6 cbld. '£h% fUh'erarbrdcys'sibft tofifldd on the wharf al tWo : b'felocfc rfd Sunday affeVnoou', and.proqeed.ed tq the, Epglish Church, where Bishop Willis r.eadi thV&urial service, and the body was tip'ef} ' .|b}lgV,ed, ; to the cemetery iri Nunariu, Talfey .by tiie greater part of the Zeamrfdii^s bassehj|eH kfia 1 crew,and by a large fiuiiitfer.'d2'b'rti2e"fis'.';"''Cfaptain' Ferrici l.eavfes U "wife a?i'd tHre^ b'liildren, wli'o are "resWitig -irl Fortes, Moraysnire. j^^bi^l MVertiVe'meiitS.'
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West Coast Times, Issue 2509, 16 April 1877, Page 2
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246THE LATE CAPTAIN FERRIES. West Coast Times, Issue 2509, 16 April 1877, Page 2
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