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The following report was transcribed from the Colonial Times (Hobart), 11th August 1832 :
“It is with feelings of such painful emotion, we have to record a melancholy event which has plunged several respectable families into the deepest sorrow. We allude to the loss of the Brisbane cutter, having on board the Rev. Mr. Kendall, formerly a useful and indefatigable Missionary in New Zealand, his son-in-law, Mr. Florence, and several other persons. It would appear, that about a month ago, the cutter Brisbane left Nulla Dolla [Ulladulla], near the Five Islands, with a cargo of cedar for Sydney. The vessel belonged to Mr. Kendall, and he had frequently made the same voyage; but in two, if not in three instances, he had nearly met a watery grave by the upsetting of the vessel, but was providentially preserved. As the weather had become exceedingly boisterous for some time after the party had sailed, and as no information had been obtained of their fate, it was supposed they had run into some of the numerous bays or creeks on the coast. Unwilling to believe what a protracted absence, too surely foreboded, their arrival was expected with the most intense anxiety. Mr. Kendall’s well known excellence of character and disposition, and the respect in which he was held in society, contributed to keep alive the excitement. The hopes, however, have, in a great measure, been dissipated. Information was lately received that a party of blacks, having scoured the beach at Jervis’ Bay, had found the vessel in which the party had set sail, nearly buried in the sand. There might still have been some hopes that the party had attempted to reach the nearest settlements by land, as none of the bodies had been found. But the shoes of Mr. Kendall, and a small trunk, which was recognized as his property, having been picked up near the wreck, leaves little doubt regarding the untimely fate of the whole party. We have received our information from the best sources, and have to assure our readers that these are the only points hitherto ascertained. The utmost exertions will now be employed to obtain such information on the subject as will remove even the shadow of suspicion that the parties have escaped their lamented destiny from the watery element. - Sydney Gazette.”
Sydney Gazette, 16th August 1832 :
“DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE. - It is with deep regret we have to announce the loss of the schooner Brisbane, belonging to the Rev. T. Kendall, together will all on board, consisting of that gentleman; Mr. Florence, the surveyor; the captain and crew. A letter was received in town yesterday, from Mrs. Kendall, announcing the melancholy event. It seems that about a week ago, the little vessel, freighted with cedar, cheese, and other articles, to the value of nearly L200, left Mr. Kendall’s farm at Nulladulla [Ulladulla], bound for Sydney, and two days after, was found by some of the native blacks, capsized in Jervis’ Bay. These are the only particulars we have as yet been able to learn. The Rev. Mr. Kendall, who has thus been so suddenly cut off, was one of the first and most indefatigable Missionaries to New Zealand. He arrived in the colony so early as the year 1813. He afterwards returned to Europe, and visited South America, where he officiated for some time as chaplain to one of the foreign ambassadors to the Columbian States. Subsequently, returning to this colony, he resumed his Missionary labours at New Zealand, and acquired such a knowledge of the language of the natives of that interesting country as enabled him to publish the first (we believe) grammar of the New Zealand tongue. He was much respected by a numerous circle of friends, by whom his sudden and awful death will be deeply regretted.”
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