The herald., 1895-05-08
Wreck of a Big British Ship on
the ASiatic Coast
PROPERTY LOSS WAS HEAVY
Mutiuy on Vessel, That Cost Human
Life
Crew Of the Ship Landberga Attack the
Officers While Near Hongkong, but
Were Driven Back

SAN FRANCISCO, May THE steam
er Gaelic from Hongkong brought the
news that the British slip Earn scliffe
from Manila to Hongkong. thence to San
Francisco, is total wreck on Princess
island, off the coast of Asia.
The crew of the vessel were picked up
by the Danish steamer Lucfer. en- route to
Batavia. The value OF the ship and cargo
is said to be not less than $500. 200.
From the same source comes the inteli-
gence of mutiny on the British ship
Iandberga while at Lllolo, British set
Element POO miles from Hongkong. Half
the crew mutinied and five men attacked
the captain and the second officer with
knives. one sailor stabbng the captain
three times in the back. The captain
shot his assalant dead.
The second officer was severely wounded
by the knives and clubs of the mutineers,
who with the aid of the first and third
otficers,w ere finally driven at the point
of pistols into the forecastle and kept
there until launch from British gun
boat, in answer to signals. brought ma
rines to the rescue. The mutineers were
sent to England IN irons.
Both the above ships are well known
on the Pacific coast.
PORT TOWNSEND Wash. May .
Mail advices from Kodiak. Alaska by the
steamer Topeka. confirm the report that
the schooner C. G. White of San Fran
cisco was wrecked in a gale and snow
storm on Kodiak island April 14th. One
letter says eleven lives were lost and an
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tain Isaacson, after the White struck reef,
drifted ashore OH piece of wreckage and
died an hour afterward from exposure.
Every man but two reached the shore,
and the cold. chilling blasts of the gale
and the binding snowstorm caused them
to die on the beach. On the third day
party of natives came along. and six OF
the survivors were taken to Kodiak on
the schooner Lescoi for medical treat
ment. Their limbs were frightfullcy
swollen, -necessitating amputation. Three
others remained at the scene of the wreck
until the schooner could return with as
sistance. The vessel is a complete loss.
the hull being ground into splinters. 1t
was impossible to get list OF the surviv-
ors who reached Kodiak on account of
their weak physical condition.
In the same gale the schooner K odiak
went ashore on 1ktalk island twelve
miles from Kodiak island and will proba-
bly, prove total loss.
The schooner Maud S. reports that
large quantity OF wreckage from the i'll
fated collier keweenaw came ashore in
Rose harbor, Queen Charlotte islands.
The Indians secured several pieces of the
steamers timbers some of which bore the
name OF the vessel. The medicine chest
and several other articles fir m the
steamer Montserrat were found by T.
Patchison who was in a small schooner
on Etallne isiaru, Clarence.srraits. FebIu-
ary 2Sth. This wreckage drifted fully 700
miles to the northwest through narrow
passages andi among numerous islands
from where the two colliers are supposed
to have foundered off Cape Flattery. A
copper plate from the medicine chest was
brought here by Captain Wallace of the
steamer Topeka.