1885, the North Saddle Island served asia refuge for three Chinese seamen, whose junk had been ca tured by a French gunboat. The cargo had been confiscated, the junk burned, and the remainder of the me to. the schooner, rescuing her passengers and crew. As they were in an exhausted condi-'Uon, he had them carried to his. schooner, and then made for port, where he arrived next day.
Mutiny on the Nounan In 1871, a mutiny occurred on board the North-German barque _Nounan. The Malay members of the crew revolted, killed the mate, and severely. wounded the captain, who, however, managed to reach his cabin and keep off the assailants with his revolver.
The mutineers set fre to the ship Jand then jumped overboard. The Jcaptain and the remainder of the crew an the ship close in to the Saddles then had to take to the ship's boat to escape the fire. The ship became On December 5 of the same year, the weather being very stormy, the American barque Loch Lamar failed to sight the Saddles, and ran in until she got soundings of ten fathoms, when she have to, hoping to pick upo pilot At 8am, the ship struck: the island, but was backed off and anchored in five fathoms. At 9 pin. her cables parted, and the ship struck again. Again she was backed off into, deep water, but it was found that crew sent to Takao to work as slaves. When the three were rescued by the Pilot Schooner New York, they were suffering from beri-beri.
A mysterious derelict junk was picked up in 1888 by a" Shanghai Pilot who was cruising off the Saddle in the Pilot schooner Daniel Webste The junk was in good condition, but the crew and cargo were missing. As it was blowing hard, the Pilot towed the derelict to the Saddles, and hand-over to the authorities During a typhoon, in 1808, the British barque Satsuma, having weathered the Saddles, failed to pick up her Pilot, and was driven south Gutzlaff Island, one of the Saddle group, where she tried to anchor. Both cables parted, and she was cast ashore on a small island. All the crew were rescued by fishermen, and "looked after for several days, after which they were picked up by passing steamer.
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