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White Wings Vol I. Fifty Years Of Sail In The New Zealand Trade, 1850 TO 1900

Another Story

Another Story.

A most singular story was told in 1913 by a Seattle pilot, Captain Burley, who, in course of conversation with the skipper of one of the Shaw-Savill liners, gave a description of a wreck that bore the name "Marlborough." This pilot said that in his youth he was wrecked off Staten Island, and he and the only other survivor set off to look for a whaling station, and while searching they came across, in a cove, a large ship with painted ports. The pilot said he distinctly saw the name "Marlborough" on the wreck. Lying near were the skeletons of twenty men, and heaps of shell fish told how they had treid in vain to fight off the starvation that eventually overtook them. This story only came to light many years after the pilot saw the wreck. Why it was not reported at the time seems strange, but it is none the less likely to be true.

The ship Dunedin, another fine vessel, sailed from Oamaru a few weeks after the Marlborough, and was also posted as missing.

Below follow the record of outward passages made by the Marlborough:—

To Wellington.
Sailed. Arrived. Captain. Days.
Aug. 22 Nov. 20, '87 Herd 90
To Lyttelton.
Sep. 27 Dec. 14, '78 Anderson 78
Dec. 12, '8O Mar. 18, '81 Anderson 96
Oct. 5 Dec. 31, '81 Anderson 87
Aug. 5 Nov. 1, '82 Anderson 90
July 3 Oct. 1, '88 Herd 89
July 13 Oct. 12, '89 Herd 91
To Dunedin.
Oct. 27, '76 Jan. 20, '77 Anderson 85
*Aug. 16 Nov. 8, '77 Anderson 84
Oct. 22, '79 Jan. 7, '80 Anderson 77
Land lo land 74
Sep. 12 Dec. 16, '83 Anderson 94
July 19 Oct. 12, '84 Herd 85
Land to land 78
July 24 Oct. 18, '85 Herd 80
July 29 Oct. 22, '86 Herd 84
To Bluff.
Aug. 16 Nov. 4, '77 Anderson 80
*