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Show BRITISH BflRIi ' '. HAS TROUBLES Captain Becoxnes '111 and. Crew Gets Drunk, so That Ship Threatens to Go on the RocKs. , . VICTOEU, B. C, Oct 25.The Prit,' Ian bark Don, which arrirel today af-ter af-ter a belated passage from Glasgow with a general cargo, including shipments ship-ments of explosives, rifles and cement, had an exciting royage. The vessel was in collision with . a French' ship in the Irish channel soon after starting and put back to Plymouth Ply-mouth for repairs. 1 Then a call was made at Montevideo to , land Capt. Jeffries, who was- ilL. From there , the . mate, Capt. Roach, took charge.' Off Cape Horn, where heavy weather was encountered and the vessel was hove to under storm sails, the erew broke into the shipment of liquor and all hands became intoxicated. They refused to work the ship, which lay helpless, threatening to drive 'ashore on Horn island. . A favorable -wind alone saved her. From that time .on there was more or less liquor abstracted from the cargo i and more intoxication and lighting, until un-til finally the captain got control by threatening to nse - firearms -and attempted at-tempted to make port without any further fur-ther serious trouble. |