Evans, Percival Herbert

1874 - 1898  (~ 23 years)

• Name	Evans, Percival Herbert
  Christened	25 Oct 1874	Woolston, Hampshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt. 21st Feb.1898	Lost at sea, New Caledonia
  Person ID	I00819	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	Evans, Captain Herbert,   b. Abt 1842, Ostend, Belguim ,   d. 20 Mar 1877, Lacepede Islands, Western Australia  (Age ~ 35 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Watson, Eliza Jane,   b. 15 Feb 1843, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 6 Apr 1926, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	21 Nov 1868	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
  Family ID	F00363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Name: Percival Owen Evans Gender: Male Baptism Date: 25 Oct 1874 Baptism Place: Woolston, Hampshire, England Father: Herbert Evans Mother: Eliza Jane Evans FHL Film Number: 1041751 Reference ID: 258 The Sydney Morning Herald March 3, 1898 THE HURRICANE AT NEW CALEDONIA. ANXIETY FOR THE STEAMER FIADO. WHAT THE AGENTS SAY. Now Caledonia seems to have fared badly in the hurricane ii the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th ultimo The climate of the island is like that of nearly all tropical regions, the year being divided into two seasons -winter from December 15 to Apr 15, with variable winds, ruins, and hurricanes , the other eight months being the Ano season Hurricanes are ex perienced most frequently in January and February, and are more violent to the north. Every old island trader is quite conversant with tho " law of storms," as he knows it in these coral-roof infested parts of tho Pacific, and nearly every old settler in Now Caledonia has had painful cause to remember these devastating visitations 1 he nowa therefore published yesterday of an outburst in tho French penal colony, n lulo son°a,tional, was by no means remarkable With n view to gleaning some pertinent information a " Herald " reporter yesterday called upon some firms in the city. Calling upon M E Blanc, principal agent for the Messageries Maritimes, that gentleman said that OB he had no shipping in port at the time, the Tanais having come well through it, the Noumea representative of the M.M Company would not be likely to cable particulars of tho effect of the blow there. He was anxious about the steamer Fiado, which left here recently and had not arrived Already many inquires had been made at the French Consulate as to the extent of the damage done in Non Caledonia No information had boon received, and it was stated by the Deputy-Consul that the Govern or of Now Caledonia would probably cable direct to Franco Calling at the offices of Messrs Morgan and Co , who do a large business with New Caledonia, Mr. Morgan said " I have just received a cabio stating that the Tindo steamer has not arrived Of the damage ire' tho colony I have no particulars , but I don't think it was much in Noumea None of our property could have been damaged, or I should have advice The great damage is in the country " Messrs. Jouvo and Co. wore next seen. They are the owners of the steamer Fiado. The managing partner said : " We are most anxious about the steamer. Our cable this afternoon is asking for information as to whether anything has been heard of the vessel on the Queensland coast." THE OVERDUE STEAMER. Messrs. Jouvo and CO.'B representatives went on to state that Captain Bauret was an experienced man on the New Caledonia coast; It was not the first hurricane he had been in. Moreover, the steamer was in first-class order. " She was fully loaded when she left at 5 a.m. on the 17th, and abo should have arrived there on the evening of February 22-Wednesday lait. Tho storm was then raging, so that Captain Bauret would keep away, and probably run hundreds of milos away north of New Caledonia while the hurricane lasted. That would take him several days to got back, and he need not therefore be despaired of yet. If he does not turn up by the end of the week then I shall think the Fiado has foundered. Tho French man-of-war Admiral Farsoval is out, and would make an extended cruise in the direction tho Fiado would most likely take." Pointing to a map on tho wall of the office he continued, " If the Fiado was there just outside Noumea when she got the hurricane I should say that Captain Banrot would go round of the lee side of the island and run before it." " But his propeller may have been stripped, or a broken shaft ?" .' In that case she would be very helpless, for she docs not depend much on canvas. Anybody will tell you that knows tho Fiado that she is a grand sea boat. Only lately she was in a very heavy storm off Queensland and in ballast, but came through without losing a rope yarn." " Is she insured ? " " Yes, for £6000 in the Merchants' Marine." " What of the cargo ? " " I don't know, but no doubt it is insured by the shippers. A large part of it ¡B] French merchandise or Caledonian, and that would be insured in French offices." WHAT THE TANAIS REPORTS. It was yesterday mentioned that the Tanais, of the Messageries Maritimes line, had been detained on her run from Noumea to Sydney by a hurricane In conversation with an officer of the steamer it was learnt that the Tanais left Noumea in a lull which happened on the morning of last Wednesday. They had loft on Tuesday, but had brought up. Tho Fiado was being inquired for in Noumea when they loft there, though she would hardly be due. When they got into the thick of the hurricane the whistle was kept going for a time in the hope that the Fiado might be near at hand, though invisible owing to the driving lain and mist. "You see, we had a pretty good dusting, though we took no water on deck here, because we used oil plentifully, and it broke the sea six fathoms from us. That was in tho aft part of the ship. On the bridge a good deal of damage was done, some of the stanchions being started. Seeing what weather we had, I fear very much that the Fiado has suffered worse. Perhaps she got round to the N.W. and ran before it;'but if she was close in to Noumea on February 23 it is scarcely possible for her to make any headway to clear that end of New Caledonia, the sea waa so very high. We were only 50 miles out from land, and just managed to hold our own." THE FIADO'S CREW AND PASSENGERS. Captain A. Baurot. Adolphe Bargilliot, mate, 46. Francis Yert, second mate, 43. Yictor Sion, O. seaman, 40. Albert Noble, trimmer, l8. Sierra LequoUonco, trimmer, 10. Adolphe Diems, chief engineer, 43. Louis Civart, socond engineer, 40. Yaleutino Lebaguoro, third engineor, 33. Osmond Bertrand, greaser, 30. Sion Bonot, greaser, 30. Enid Bonaventura, second cook, 38. Joan Lauraut, first cook, l8. Josoph aangljlf, steward, 30. Gustav Vilmuin, donkey man, 22 and a kanaka The ship's articles show that the crow joined in Noumea on November l8 last. The following wore passengers : Mr. Powell, Mr. Evans, Mr. Stillin