He described how Captain John Gadd sailed the ship down the Straits, braced sharp up, how the ship weathered the erupting island and so got into the open water and felt the tail end of a huge tidal wave which tore north up the Straits, overwhelming the two sides, wiping out the town of Anjur and killing some 30,000 people.

"The Court, pursuant to an order from Her Britannic Majesty's Consul-General at Valparaiso, proceeded to investigate the cause and manner of the abandonment at sea of the British barque Kaisow of London, official No.

60,392, and having deliberately weighed and considered the evidence and observations preferred by the master, officers, and crew of the vessel, The Court finds:- That the Kaisow, a composite barque of 795 tons register (re-classed in 1887 for 13 years, A 1 Lloyd's, London), sailed from Valparaiso at 5 p.m. on the 14th day of the present month of November, with a cargo of about 1,170 tons of manganese ore, bound for the United Kingdom, and was abandoned at sea at about 60 miles west-south-west of Valparaiso, in a sinking and unmanageable condition at 5 a.m. on the 15th instant.

That from the evidence adduced, the Court is of opinion that the vessel was in a thorough seaworthy condition at the time of her departure from this port, and that the cargo was stowed in the proper and customary manner.

That at 2 a.m. on the 15th instant, the ship, being under topsails and foresail, was struck by a heavy sea, which hove the vessel on her beam ends, and which must have caused the cargo to shift to starboard.

That the master and crew succeeded in reaching land a few miles south of the River Limari on the 16th instant, whence they proceeded to Tongoi on the following day, arriving there at noon on the 18th.