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TIIHE SHIP EMILY REED,
New Zealand files to hand by Thurs-
day's mail contain the following particu-
lars regarding the American ship Emily
Reed, which left Norfolk Bay on June 26
for Simon's Bay, South Africa, having a
cargo of Tasmanian timber:
"About 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon,
July 12, in response to a signal, the tug
put out from Lyttelton, and discovered
that an American ship, the Emily Reed,
was in distress. It appears that when
the vessel was 14 days out from Hobart,
on her way to Simonstown, South Africa,
she met with a severe gale, and her com-
mander, Captain Baker, received a serious
injury to his left arm as the result of an
accident. When the tug went out the
arm was in a very bad way, and Dr. Up-
ham, who went out to the vessel, dis-
covered that the cause was a poisoned
wound. After he had dressed the injury
the ship anchored in Camp Bay.
"The Emily Reed, which is loaded with
timber for South Africa, is said to be in
a leaky condition, and a considerable
number of her crew are under arrest for
having refused duty. There is also sick-
ness on board. As she comes from an
infected port, the ship is to undergo
quarantine for eight days."
Nine members of the crew of the Emily
Reed were charged at Lyttelton with hav-
ing disobeyed orders, and Captain Baker
was charged by five of the crew with as-
sault. The statement of the men was
that the captain was more or less under
the influence of liquor during the voyage
from Hobart, and that the chief officer
used a revolver to threaten them. The
pumps were kept going. At Stanley they
were locked in the forecastle when the
American Consul came aboard, and were
not allowed to state their case. The
charges against the captain were dismiss-
ed. The men were convicted.
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