A GRAVE CHARGE.
Auckland, June 21
Captain Oowper, of the Auckland dredger, states with regard to the French sailors of the shipwrecked barque Guichen that he believed they were Now Caledonian escapees, as they refused to come aboard, and declined an offer to be towed to Mackey. He gave them bread, and did not know they had got no water till after they left. He did not think they were in distress. They cast off the boat from the dredger. The sailors contradict this. They state that two men in sad plight, and hardly able to move, told the captain they were shipwrecked sailors, nearly perishing, and asked to be taken on board, but the captain refused. They made signs for the captain to hoist the boat on board or tow It along. One man was crying like a child. Captain Gowper himself let go the painter of the boat, at the same time giving orders to the pilot to go full spaed ahead. Prior to this the castaways asked for bread. The captain to’d Mr Alexander, the mate, to give them biaouits. This was done, but they were mouldy. They also asked for water, but none was given.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1270, 22 June 1886, Page 2
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199A GRAVE CHARGE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1270, 22 June 1886, Page 2
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