Evelyn

built pre-1896

1896 and earlier: lugger in Sagitta's fleet
Source: Brisbane Courier 27 June 1897, when auctioned

A lugger in Ariel's fleet. 'rebuilt and lengthened 1907' (1916)
Source: Munro's bill of sale for Ariel's fleet to James Clark 1916; family records

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Luggers nq; Mori Flapan

Brisbane Courier 2 April 1896

THIRSDAY ISLAND
While the lugger Evelyn was coming here last Monday night in charge of two reliable Europeans, a Japanese diver stumbled or jumped overboard about 11 o'clock. The tender, who was steering, also a Japanese, immediately jumped overboard from the opposite side of the lugger. Every effort was made to save the men, but without avail. Is is evidently a case of double suicide. The boat was then fully two miles from land, a strong tide setting therefrom.

Brisbane Courier 2 April 1896

While the lugger Evelyn was voyaging to Thursday Island on Monday night last two Japanese committed suicide by jumping overboard.

Brisbane Courier 8 April 1896

DISAPPEARANCE OF A DIVER.
AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY.
STATEMENTS DISCREDITED.
(By Telegraph from our Correspondent.)
THURSDAY ISLAND. April 7.
A Manilla cutter arrived on Sunday, bringing in the Japanese tender, who with the diver jumped overboard from, the lugger Evelyn about 11 o'clock on the previous Monday night. This man states that, after jumping overboard, they swam near each other, when a dingey approached, and the men therein knocked the diver with a paddle, so that he was drowned. As the dingey approached the tender, he dived In order to hide, and being an expert swimmer he thus eluded being seen. The tender reached a small Island near West Island next day, after about eleven hours' swimming. He saw the Government steamer Albatross and a Japanese boat, which had been sent to search for him, but he failed to attract the attention of either. The tender lived on shellfish for four days, until he was rescued. Although It is quite possible that he and the diver fancied they were in trouble, but without any foundation fon the belief, it seems clear that the tender avoided the dingey from false fear.
Later.
The magisterial inquiry into the recent disappearance of a Japanese diver was commenced this afternoon. The evidence so far shows that there was not the slightest truth in the statements made by the tender to the effect that he and the diver had jumped overboard from fear of Mr. Almond and Captain Wawn. There is little doubt that the tender was suffering from hallucination.