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* '''Jaane maane girmitya:'''
* '''Aur jankari:'''
'''Syria''' ek jahaaj rahaa jisme girmitya log ke Fiji lawa gae rahaa, lekin ii jahaaj Fiji me chattan ke uppar charr ke tuut gae rahaa. Syria 207.7 feet lamba aur 1,010 ton karrhu loha ke jahaaj rahaa. Iske 1868 me Nourse Line ke khatir William Pile of Sunderland banais rahaa. Ii jahaaj KaenatkaKarnatka me Syria nadii se naam dewa gae rahaa. Fiji aae se pahile ii jahaaj West IdiesIndies girmitya log ke laijae ke khatir kaam me lawa jaat rahaa.
Syria ke Fiji ke trip uske khatir akhri trip rahaa jab ki Suva se khali 4 mile duur etwar ke roj 11 May 1884 me 8:30 p.m. me Nasilai Reeef ke upar charr gae rahaa aur 49 log mar gae. ii Fiji ke sabse kharab accident rahaa. Syria Calcutta 13 March 1884 ke 497 girmitya ke lae ke choris. Syria ke journey bina koi incident ke rahaa jab ki uu Indian Ocean se Australia ke south me jae ke hua ke hawa ke istemal kar ke khali 58 roj me Fiji ke nangich pahuncha. Jab jahaaj ke Captain kadavu dekhis tab uu jaada hawa ke khatir allow nahi karis aur Syria Nasilai Reef ke Captain ke abumaan se nangich rahaa. Saat baje raat tak puura chand rahaa lekin koi bhi lookout mast pe nahi rahaa jon ki duur se reef ke uppar wave ke dekhe sakat rahaa. Aath baj ke pandrah minute pas bhae rahaa jab ke reef dekha gae, aur Captain ke kosis ke bawajuut saarre aath baje Syria reef pe charr gae.
Che me se paanch lifeboat duup gais aur chatwa me crew log sahaeta khoje ke khatir gain. Uu log Nasilai village pahuchin lekin kaiviti log ke samghae nahi pain ki konchi bhae raha aur uu log ke Suva ke jagah Levuka lai jawa gae. Paanch baje sanjah ke Levuka pahunch ke ek rescue party taiyaar karaa gae jon ki Mangar (13 May) ke sabere rescue kosis suruu karin. Jab rescue boat Nasilai pauchin tab jaada girmitya log paani me rahin reef ke uppar aur jamin ke taraf jae ke kosis karat rahin lwkin bahut log jaada kar ke aurat aur larrkan log jahaaj me rahin
The voyage to Fiji was the last for Syria as she ran aground on the Nasilai Reef, only four miles from shore, at 8.30 p.m. on Sunday 11 May 1884 with the loss of 59 lives. This was the worst maritime disaster in the history of Fiji. On this fateful voyage, the Syria left Calcutta on 13 March 1884 carrying 497 passengers. Its journey was uneventful except that the route, through the Indian Ocean and travelling south of Australia to utilise the prevailing winds, took only 58 days which was two weeks less than expected. On sighting Kadavu at 9 a.m., the captain failed to allow for the strong winds and currents and consequently the ship was closer to Nasilai Reef than the captain believed. By 7.00 p.m. there was a full moon and had a lookout been posted on the mast-head, disaster could have been averted as the breakers would have been visible from a long distance. At 8.15 p.m. the ship was only half a mile from the reef when the breakers were sighted. The Captain took desperate measures to turn the ship but was unsuccessful and the Syria ran aground at 8.30 p.m.
Jetna log jinda rahin uu log ke kaiviti canoe me Nasilai village lae jawa gae. Aath baje raat ke rescue khalaas bhae. Duusar din sabere girmitya log ke Nasilai Immigration Depot aur huan se Nukulau lae jawa gae. Pachaas aur che girmitya aur tiin lascar log ke maut hoe gae rahaa. Agle dui hapta tak gyerah aur log ke maut hoe gae.
Five of the six lifeboats were destroyed by the heavy seas and on the sixth, four crew members went to look for assistance. They reached Nasilai village at dawn but their inability to communicate with the natives resulted in them being taken to Levuka instead of Suva. On reaching Levuka at 5 p.m. a rescue party was organised and they reached the stricken ship at 9 p.m. Dr William MacGregor, the Chief Medical Officer and Acting Colonial Secretary, took charge of the rescue operations on the morning of Tuesday 13 May. When the first rescue boats reached the scene, the majority of the passengers were in the water on the reef, making as far towards the land as they could, but a considerable number were still in the wrecked vessel, chiefly women and children. The ship lay on her port side. The masts were all broken into fragments, and sails, ropes, and debris of all kinds were mixed up and thrown about in the breakers in wild confusion.
The survivors were carried by boats and Fijian canoes to Nasilai village. The last rescue boat reached the village at 8 p.m. The next morning they were taken to Nasilai Immigration Depot and then to Nukulau. Fifty-six passengers and three crew members died in the wreck but a further eleven died in the next fortnight due to complications resulting from their experience.
On 29 June 2006, the Fiji Indian Association in Auckland (New Zealand) donated a 100 year old tree root, recovered from the sea, to be placed in the crematorium foyer of the Memorial Gardens Crematorium in the city of Manukau. The artifact commemorates the ship Syria.[1]
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[[Category:Girmit jahaaj|Syria]]
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