Shipwrecked Bailors or Escaped Convicts.
+ A COHTEADICTOBY STORY. [Pro Psass Association.] AUCKLAND, Jums 21. Captain Cowper, of the Auckland dredger, states, with regard to two French seamen, shipwrecked from the barque Guichen, that He believes tfa«y were New Caledoniaa escapees, ac they refused to come aboard, and declined an offer to be towed to Mackey . Captain Cowper gave them bread ; he did not know they had got no water till after they left. *He did not think they were in distress. They caßt off their boat from the dredger. The onv contradict this. They state that the two men were in a sad plight, hardly able to move, and told the captain they were shipwrecked sailors, nearly perishing. They asked to be taken on board, but the Captain refused. They made signs for the captain to hoist the boat on board, or to tow it along. One man was crying like a child. Captain Cowper himself let go the painter of the boat, at the Bame Dime giving orders to the pilot to go full speed ahead. Prior to this the castaways asked for bread. The captain told Mr Alexander, the mate to ! give them biecaite. This was done, but they were mouldy. Thpy also asked for water, but none was given.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5650, 21 June 1886, Page 3
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