18
19
65
two Guns
and then came to hoist up the
signal Balls. In doing
so one of the
imperfect
yard broke so that an
inequality
was made. I
gave directions to
signal repair the damage
and then went on
my
arrival
aboard the Convict Hulk,
there
was
about ten minutes after the
first outcry made by the Constable on
Sentry at the Cook house; at the time of
arrival a
Police Boat came alongside
my boat having
and
police
on
board I also saw at that
time some wounded Turnkeys
of the two large Boats Stones having on board
for carrying
some Convicts who were
pulling swiftly
towards the opposite Mainland this
Stone boat when I first
saw it was
about
four or five hundred
yards from the point
of land round which the Convict Stone had been at work. I also saw
a large Boat
called "the Superintendent's boat manned
by a regular
crew of four short sentenced
Convicts having on board Turnkeys - "Jones and French" being pulled towards the point of land.
wounded
The police Boat in which the
officers
had been brought, went in
first having about six persons on board, Turnkeys, and other officials. This was the
only Police Boat at that time at the Jail
as shortly after the morning fracas the police Sergeant in charge
had
gone on duty to Houghing taking a Police Boat and Crew of 1 Portuguese
and
five
Chinese