The Salt Lake Herald

DESPERATE WORK.

BARK PORTLAND LLOYD WRECKED DURING A MUTINY

Affair Was Planned By the Revolutionary Party in Peru; Ship Was Purposely Steamed Onto a Rock

Philadelphia, March 8—A letter received in this city today from Charles Jones, steward of the missing American bark Portland Lloyd, which left Junin for New York on February 4, conveys the startling information that the vessel was wrecked during a desperate mutiny on board, in which the captain and most of his crew were killed. Shortly after the bark left Junin with a valuable cargo of nitrate, it was reported she had struck on a rock at the entrance to the bay of Junin and all hands were drowned.

Jones' letter declares that the affair was a planned attempt by the revolutionary party in Peru to seize the vessel's cargo for use against the government. The captain was knocked down with a hand spike, the chief mate was shot dead, and two sailors stabbed. The men at the wheel, seeing that they were at the mercy of a set of desperate men, purposely steered the bark onto the rocks. The steward and A. B. Jellusson, a seaman, were the only ones of the crew saved. They endured great hardships and had to lie concealed for some days before they could escape the ruffians. The leader of the mutineers is said to be Gonzales de Pietro, a notorious character who had shipped as seaman on the Portland Lloyd and had a gang of cut throats concealed on board. It is believed most of these men perished in the wreck.