A SAD RECORD.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 10213, 6 December 1893, Page 6

A SAD RECORD.

The Oiago Daily Times, after referring to ' tho rescue of the castaways from Antipodes Island on Nov. 30, says :— There is nothing to show how many unfortunate beings have lost their lives on the Auckland and other islands in that great waste of waters south of New Zealand. Tho following* however, ate the principal casualties known;— January B,lß64—Graf ton, from Sydney. Captain Muagrava and his crew of five made their way in a email boat to Stewart Island, arriving on July 27,1865. May 10,1864—Minerva, of Leith. Four persona saved from wreck and rescued on March 35,1865. May 16, 1864—Invercauld, from Melbourne. There was a total of twenty-five brew and passengers on board, six of whom were lost at the time of the wreck. Sixteen of the survivors were starved to death, and three were rescued on May 10, 1865. May 13, 1866—General Grant, from Melboorne, with. a total of eighty-three passengers and crew. Sixty-eight were lost at the time of the wreck, one was ■tawed to death, four were afterwards drowned, and the remaining ten were rescued on Nov. 21,1867. March 12. 1887—Derry Castle, from Geelong. The total of tho crew and passengers waa twenty-three, of whom fifteen were lost at the time of the wreck, and eight were rescued on August 19,1887, bythoAwarua. March 19,1891—Compadre, barque, ran ashore, having previously taken fire. Peter Nelson, a seaman, was lost in the bush and starved to death; and .fifteen survivors were rescued by the Janet Ramsay on June 80,1891. It will be noticed that in 1865 three Srtles of castaways were on the Auckland lauds without any knowledge of each others existence. A small craft named the Daphne, which went in search of the Kid on board the General Grant, was also it, with six persons;,on board; and the pad fate of the s.a. Kakanni, nearly three iyous ago, will be fresh in the memory of bnr readers.