A TALE OF THE SEA,

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10966, 4 June 1903, Page 5

A TALE OF THE SEA,

• •When tjio" steamer Induna ; arrived ?at Grinisuy on April 16 :f rom^Pensawla, Fiotz ida, iier captain (Carruthera), reported-. t4w.s he had five men in. irons |pr .refusal ,l.9 ,<jo It %aa reported ivliijst at Fphskcbla- ten men wsacttea/bttt were ca7>tujed.' They were * ; ttieu tasked, if they vfotild mnk, aiid, npon rcS-us^nj^tne appealed to the British Consul, TnJo Consul went aboard, and ordered' them tib be- placed in. ii?diis. ' Oae of the rebeltious ')iies, a .Dutelniiam, piolced nip *a ,- piece- ,;Of timber, aud with it -is allejcred to have beaten the officers. . The n>a,ie. dreW his; J reVolvor, and com'amri'ddd" tbe> DiitcKman jfo drop his weapon, but as this, order was unheeded he fired four shots;, one. of' the. buljet^ entering the Dutchman's leg., »ud~rendenng" him helpless, consequently th.c wouldbe assailant had to be put ashore for jjefedie»l treatmeni. Three of- the', mutineers were then transferred : to anotherv Bntinh ship; ' one was) allowed his freedom;- while the five remaining were' securcd.ini irons and locked in little compartments amidships. A reporter who contrived to got a fcrief interview with' one iof the-^prmine?"* on. board (an Australian) heard a different" ' version. TJie't Australian said- 'he was one Of ten men who shipped on' the vessel at Philadelphia. He alleged that the crew; fou,nd"the water supply scanty and the forecastle dirl'v. Thereupon ther ; determ;i»?d &o leave the ship 1 at the earliest opportunity. Accordingly.' ou arrival" at Pensacola ihe ' party • deserted. When they 'wprb brought back to the ship they refused ",dtfty, • asking for betterment of their 1 conditions. The British Consul was called in, and toljrt the captain to piitr them in irons', and they were clarrrted all in a row to ; the : taffrafl'. "T.t was while we were fastened there*" continued the man, 'that a Dutchman (one , pf the prisoners) was shot.- , He picked -up a piece 'of wodd about two feet long. An officer ordered him to drop it; he -ref 'Jspdi ajid the officer, drawing his ievolwt;. fireoTl The bujlet spun away over, the side, -a aprond shot ploughed up th.c Aep^S tn-jrd perforated the ' mutineer's c"nat, 4 ' and" the , fourth penetrated TtisleV.- This'niau.^a sen'f ashore.f or >medical\ > :treat|ileht],V-'f?*J lvl»l vl» others were W another ant} ope .r'eleasec(. !!pie o;Utec, frre !<if tis'were thrust iutp prison at' Fe"n.sVoltV. and were- ke^iit ' there * for TfifteA^frfyS^TijS dne coming; to sep; u§, :• the «TntlJM^ was ready tQ ,s^i] : f^r; EBg^n^. Vb",^cfp W^"ht back. . Fry e- of. «f»^Ti^p}t^ yitfp* EngUebinaTiytwb F«p»8: and 4'.l)\itHipfan^were put info cells'.' and bVough't hbfeie, damped toeether. We hiid been in confinement for twenty-eioh£ dayn." The pTi«oner'comnlained of the treatment on the vov<i<re home, and concluded: ."Tlierc was nothing -like* a mutiny. We Avitnted better treatment, and refiißod work in pffor to <ret fair treatment. Our refusal- «auscd iour arr«st, and we arc no.w brought here for trial." , . - - ■

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