SHIPWRECKED.
23 DAYS IN AN OPKN BOAT. TERRIBLE PRIVATIONS. Auckland, to-day. The Wainui from Samoa brings passengers and a portion of tho shipwrecked crew of the ship Garston, comprising Captain Pye, master, Bruce, second mate, Annesley, third mate, and six seamen. The Garston was wrecked at Star-buck Island on the 17th July, and tho crew, numbering 28, left in two boats, one in charge of the captain and the other in command of the first mate. The captain's boat reached Willis Island, west of Samoa, on August 9th, and its occupants were then in a very weak condition after 23 days' passage, during which they endured terrible privations. All tho provisions they had had were 301bs of salt meat and 201bs of biscuits. They had had very little water on board, but rain fell frequently, which they saved in their oilskin coats. Just before the poor fellows sighted Wallis Island they had arranged to cast lots to determine which should be sacrificed to keep the others alive. The mate's boat has not since been heard of.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5571, 17 September 1889, Page 3
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176SHIPWRECKED. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5571, 17 September 1889, Page 3
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