La Republique Francaise aux Marins De L/Allier  | 1879-1907  |   | From FNS La Place  | 29 Aprril 1993  | En Souvenir  |   | This column was erected by the French Govt in memory of French nationals who fell victim to yellow fever ??? In those days victims ???  |   | were washed onto shore ??  | French sailors and interred here.  |   | 1er Avril 1989  | Patrouilleur  |  La Glorieuse   | Mar ne Nationale  | Alliance Francaise  |   | French sailors  | Died 1879  | Ages unknown  |   | Four unknown French sailors were  | re-interred here in 1907. They and 76  | fellow passengers and crew of the naval  | ship Allier, died at sea early in 1879. They  | were on a voyage from France to New  | Caledonia when yellow fever soon  | after a refuelling stop in Java.  | The Allier diverted to Cooktown for  | medical assistance. A rudimentary  | quarantine station was established on the  | north shore of the Endeavour River.  | After a stay of nearly two months the  | survivors set sail for New Caledonia.  |   | Four bodies were washed ashore  | following a 1907 cyclone. They were  | identified as victims who had died soon  | after the Allier had arrived off Cooktown.  |   | Cooktown Cemetery  |   |

La Republique Francaise aux Marins De L/Allier
1879-1907

From FNS La Place
29 Aprril 1993
En Souvenir

This column was erected by the French Govt in memory of French nationals who fell victim to yellow fever ??? In those days victims ???

were washed onto shore ??
French sailors and interred here.

1er Avril 1989
Patrouilleur
"La Glorieuse"
Mar ne Nationale
Alliance Francaise

French sailors
Died 1879
Ages unknown

Four unknown French sailors were
re-interred here in 1907. They and 76
fellow passengers and crew of the naval
ship Allier, died at sea early in 1879. They
were on a voyage from France to New
Caledonia when yellow fever soon
after a refuelling stop in Java.
The Allier diverted to Cooktown for
medical assistance. A rudimentary
quarantine station was established on the
north shore of the Endeavour River.
After a stay of nearly two months the
survivors set sail for New Caledonia.

Four bodies were washed ashore
following a 1907 cyclone. They were
identified as victims who had died soon
after the Allier had arrived off Cooktown.

Cooktown Cemetery



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