The morning call., 1895-01-23
Captain Gould and His Family Return
by the Peru.
MONEY EXPORTED BY THE CHINESE.
Adventures in a Strange Land and Among
a Queer People by the White
Mariners.

son Harold, aged years, arrived on the
steamship Peru last evening from Hong
Kong by the way of Yokohama. The cap
tain was in commend of the American ship
Mary L. Stone, which sailed from New
York on July of last year laden with coal
oil for Hong-Kong, and was wrecked on
the coast of Formosa about forty miles
south of Kelong on November "a last.
Though the accident happened about
o'clock at night, the entire crew was saved,
numbering twenty souls, besides Mrs.
Gould and Master Gould.
The captain is robust and hardy mari
ner and a native of Maine. He is well
known in this port, where he has made
many voyages and has large number of
friends.
The whole family was in fine spirits and
in good health when met on the steamer.
Henry S. Ward, the first officer of the
Stone, was also one of the passengers. He
is still suffering from injuries received
from jamming he sustained while max
ing landing from the wreck.
No particulars of the loss of the vessel
had reached this city, and it is doubtful
whether the New York owners learned of
it until the captain telegraphed when he
landed.
According to the story told by the COM
mander the escape from death of all hands
on board was little more than miraculous.
They had experienced very pleasant trip
up to within four days of the disaster, when
strong and variable winds arose, which
seemed to blow from every point of the
compass. The sea arose and black clouds
gathered from which rain poured in a
deluge, turning day almost into night.
Sail had to be shortened, and bearings
were lost entirely.
As stated, after four days of such weather
the ship struck head on on the beach and
stove in her keel. 1t was lucky, the cap
tain said, that she struck the beach where
she did, as there was long rocky coast to
either side.
From the moment she struck it was APP
parent to the captain that they were lost,
or at least the ship was. The combers were
sweeping her decks and it was impossible
to launch boat. 1t was resolved to stay
by the ship if possible until daylight,
and then take chances of getting off. This
was done, though amid great discomfort
and danger, but by the time it was o'clock
it was deemed safe to launch the two boats
with the crew and the family of the captain.
The launch was successful and the boats
pulled away, keeping in the company of
each other and at the same time diligently
looking for some place at which to land.
breaking on shore at a fearful rate, and it
would have been more than risky for the
crews to have attempted to go near the
shore in their small craft. About IL o'clock
the same morning a small town was
sighted, and the boats headed for it.
They were met outside by craft known
in that country as sampan. Those on
board told the captain, or made him un-
derstand by signs, that their boats could
not land, but that they must go ashore
two at time in his sampan.
Thus they were compelled to abandon
their boats and accept the proposition of
the yellow-skinned boatmen. When the
captains family and half the crew were
landed the boatmen refused to go back to
fetch the others unless they were paid
$500. This extortion had to be submitted
to, and the others were rescued in like
manner
1t was indeed a strange town they had
encountered, as there was not a person in
the place who could speak English. For
tunately they had Chinese cook and
through him they were enabled to make
themselves understood.
There was Canadian mission church in
the village, conducted altogether by
Chinese, none of whom spoke English.
Those In charge of the mission, however,
treated the shipwrecked mariners with
marked kindness and cared for all their
wants.
1t was learned that there was a Euro
pean at Kelong, and a note was written to
the Customs Commissioner, asking for as
sistance. 1t took four days Journey to
get the message to its destination, and at
the end of five days Chinese man-of-war
came down and took the entire company
to Kelong, from which place the captain
and his family went to Tamsui where it
was expected an American Consul would
be found; but such was not the case.
though Boston gentleman was met there.
named III. B. Morse, who was in charge of
the customs.
AT the hands of this host they Jared well,
and were invited to stay as long as they
could. He induced the Governor of Tam
sui to place a little steamer called the
Hiloone at the disposal of Captain Gould,
who went with it after the crew and con-
veyed all of them to Annoy, where they
were handed over to the American Consul.
After this the captain returned to the
wreck OF his ship, but found nothing left
of her visible save the foremost. None of
the wreckage had drifted ashore, strange
to say. What was left of the Mary &.
Stone he sold for $25 and took his depart
ure for Hong-Kong whence he sailed for
this port.
The ship was 1920 tons burden and built
in Bath, Me-, in 1875. She was 1856 feet
in length, "a feet depth of hold and 40 feet
beam.
The Gonlds leave for home tomorrow.
little Harold taking with him Siamese
cat, which was a pet on board the ship,
and which he rescued himself He had a
dog, but that was lost in Kelong.