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CREW OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS.
THE MEN WHO WERE ON BOARD.
The following men signed the ship's
articles for the ill-fated, voyage:
F. R. HodGman, master, Bay-road, New
Town, Tasmania.
T. Watts, mate, 18 Blyth-street, East
Brunswick, Mellbourne.
C. F. Makepeace, boatswain, 30 De Witt
street, Battery Point, Hobart.
J. E. Jansson, able seaman, Phillip Is-
land, Victoria.
D. Dinehy, able seaman, 101 Argyle.
street, Hobart.
W. O'Connell, able seaman, 42 Mont-
pelier-street, Hobart. Native of
England.
L. Sward, able seaman, Stower-parade,
Channel, Hobart.
W. Moody, able seaman, 3 Kelly-street,
Ilobart.
W-m. Brown, cook and steward, Sailors'
Home, Melbourne, Native of New
Zealand.
In addition to these, a boy named
Stanley Bell was on the vessel as a cabin
boy. He was a friend of the master,
and, it is understood, was a resident of
Sandy Bay, Hobart.
On the previous voyage D. W Dris-
coll, 304 Argyle-street, Hobart, was
mate, but he decided to leave the South-
ern Cross, and go on the Tasmanian
Government steamer Melbourne.
The Southern Cross is an old identity
in the Australian trade. She was con-
structed of wood at the yard of Forrest
and Company, at Wyvenhoe, in 1891, as
a steam yacht, and was converted a
few years later to barquentine rig.
In 1918 she was purchased by W.
Angliss and Company from the Tasma-
nian owners with the object of using
her in the export of tallow and hides
from Australia to Great Britain, but
owing to the Government refusing to
release the vessel for the oversea trade,
she remained in Australian waters.
Captain Makepeace, the father of the
boatswain on the missing vessel, is at
present in command of the schooner
Rachel Cohen.
Though from the evidence at hand the
fate of the Southern Cross appears cer-
tain, it is hoped that the crew is safe. The
vessel was equipped with two lifeboats
and the standard number of belts, and
was well provisioned.
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