The Wreck of The Leonora
In January 1874 Louis Becke, who later wrote stories of the exploits of Bully Hayes, joined the Leonora at Mili Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The Leonora was wrecked on 15 March 1874 during a storm while in Utwe/Tahf harbour on the south coast of Kosrae at what is now the Utwe-Walong Marine Park on Kosrae.
After the wreck Hayes brawled with the European traders on Kosrae and with his crew, with the islanders being subject to seven months of oppression and violence. In September of that year HMS Rosario under Captain Dupuis arrives and Hayes is arrested, but yet again he escaped, this time by a 14 foot boat, built of timber from the wreck of the Leonora.
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