BURNING OF THE COSPATRICK.

Evening Star, Issue 3708, 11 January 1875, Page 2

BURNING OF THE COSPATRICK.

The news of this terrible catastrophe has created throughout the Colony a profound impression—greater even than the founder* ing of the s.s. London, with many so well known in the Colony, produced. Though the Omeo arrived at the Bluff a little after eight o’clock on Saturday night, it was not until late in the afternoon of yesterday that the intelligence got bruited about, and then in the briefest form through the medium of some written slips issued by the ‘ Daily Times,’ which later on brought out “extras” to satisfy the crowd that gathered about the office. At Auckland, to which port the vessel was bound, and where many of her passengers had relatives and friends, the news produced the wildest excitement. Our correspondent, telegraphing early this morning, says that in some parts of the town, on receipt of the extras, “ women’s screams were heard, and in some instances women fainted.” To-day, in reply to a message despatched yesterday by Mr Colin Allan, Mr bdliot, principal immigration agent at Wellington, telegraphs the welcome news that there were no nominated immigrants for Otago on board the Cospatrick, There were twenty such for Auckland, but none on the books for any other Province. The Cospatrick left London on September 8, passed Beal on the 12th, and was off the Start on the 14th, which was the last heard of her, unt 1 the account came of her terrible end. She was abous due in Auckland, and strange to say the first paper to hand by the Wellington this morning—the ‘ Southern Cross’ of the sth inst.—announces her arrival “ off the North Head at a late hour last evening, with a full general cargo and a large number of immigrants,” and actually publishes a Ijpt of the latter and the vessel’s manifest. According to the man feat, the cargo included large shipments, including 1,486 rails for the Public Works Department, and transhipment’! for Napier, New Plymouth, and Lyttelton. The Cospatrick had only one cabin passenger. Dr J. F. Cadle, four steerage passengers, whose names are not given, and 424 immigrants, a list of whom is appended. To the * New Zealand Times ’ we are indebted for the following

_ ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS Concerning the vessel:—The Cospatrick was a frigate-uuilt ship, of 1,199 tons, commanded by Captain hfimsley, who is a brother of Captain Eimsley of the ship Sahraon, which left London for Melbourne on Sept. 12. It will be recollected that she visited Port Chalmers eighteen months ago, arriving here on July 6, 1873, after a passage of 108 da\ s. She was built at Moultnean, of teak, on the Aberdeen clipper principle, and made several voyages from Calcutta to London in the interest of Messrs Duncan, Dunbar, and Co. A singular fatality attaches itself to vessels which belonged to this now extinct firm. The Dnucan Dunbar, wrecked at Sydney Heads in August, 1858, was one of their line, and the sole remaining vessel of the fleet now that the Cospatrick bes been burned is the Dunbar. The Cospatrick was on her second voyage to ISew Zealand, under the flag of Messrs Shaw, Saville, and Co., who purchased her about two years ago for LII,OOO. Her voyage to this Colony was to Port Chalmers, whence she went to Newcastle, tin re loaded ceal} for Calcutta, whence she conveyed coolies to Demerara, where she loaded sugar for London, arriving home about July last. She was then placed on the berth for Auckland, tqok in cargo at the East Indian Export Docks alongside the ship Langstone, now lying at Wellington wharf. The second officer of the Cospatrick was on the point of accepting a similar position on the Langstone, but he decided to remain by the Cospatrick. The doomed vessel left the docks on September 8 in company with the ship Samuel Piimsoll. bound for Sydney, and four days later the Langstone sailed for Wellington, but nothing was seen of the Cospatrick on the voyage, although the Samuel Piimsoll was sighted and spoken twice. The berth vacated by the Cospatrick in the dock was afterwards occupied by the Glenora, which arrived at Auckland on January 5, and was mistaken by the Auckland p,Vs for IS Cospatrick. Every precaution for the safety ot the passengers in the event of fire or shinwreck was enforced by the Emigration Board before the Cospatrick was allowed to proceed to sea, and a new apparatus for the apul launching of her boats was insisted upon by the Board, besides the addition of an extra ebgme m case of tus, ■

INSURANCES. The insurance offices lose tho fallowing amounts by the Cospatrick New Zealand, L 10.000; South British, L 4,148 ; National, L 915. LIST OE IMMIGRANTS The following is a complete list of the immigrants ; Families.—Archibald: George 24, Anna 23Bradley: Joseph 30, Mary 30, Frederick 9,' Mary 8, Sarah 5 ; Blancow: John 29, Emma 30, Navini 6, Elizabeth 1; Berremnn : Caleb 37, Mary 32 ; Bcswitherick: J. 22, Emma 27 ; Warne: William Thomas - , Alfred —; Blott: Frederick 26, Sophia 25; Crosley: George 30, Amelia 30, Amer 2; Caldwell: Bobert 29, Jessie 27, Hugh 4, Robert 1 ; Carroll : Edmund 36, Ann 3 S Johanna 16, Margaret 13, Edward 5, Mary 8; Chapman : Joseph 37, Agnes 38, J. A. 11, Margaret 10, Maud 2; Dalton : Charles 50, Ellen 49. Ellen 17 ; Farrell : James 35, Bridget 36, Patrick 6, Michael 6, Bridget 3, John 1 ; Foulghann : Richard 25, Eliza 22, Richard 1 ; Gaie : Edward 26. Annie 26 ; Geary: B. 24, Catherine 25 ; Hall: Thomas 28, Mary 31; Hall: John 38, Elizabeth 38 ; Hotton: George 28, Ellen 27; Henacott: Amand 44, Margaret 44, Gustave 19, Theophilo 15, Isabella 14 ; Harrison : William 25, Selina 24, Emma 1; Hofferman ; Cornelius 25, Mary 30, Clara 32, Jane 6, Margaret 6, Arthur 3, Walter 1; Jones : Thomas 30, Ann 38 ; Jones: Phillip 27, Sarah 25, Sarah 3, Mary 1; King : William 25, Mary 25 ; Key : Henry 35, Selina 30, Sophia 10 ; Keating : Charles 43, Mary 35, Thomas 14, Mary 2 ; Le Greyt: Abraham 23, Eliza 22, Abraham 2 ; Marsh : John 30, Caroline 33; Novell: George 44, Sarah 41, George 16, Frederick 14, Alfred 11, Arthur 8, Annie 3; Reilly: Patrick 44, Margaret 28, Mary 6, Florence 4, Ann 3, Catherine 1; Reeves : Benjamin 26, Eleanor 20; Sheward : Henry 34, Charlotte 39, Augusta 9, Charlotte 4 ; Towille : James 28, Esther 27, Esther 2, Edwin 1; Turner: George 22, Maria 23, Florence 3; Turner : John 34. Julia 32, John 14, James 12, Charles 10, Elizabeth 8, William 6, Alice 1; Vaicer: Edward 35, Caroline 26 ; Wray : William 38, Mary 35, William 18, James 16, Mary 14, Frank 13, Hugh 10, Daniel 8, Kitty 6, Thomas 3, John 1 ; Williams : John 34, Mary 33, Mary 10, Emily 7, Charles 6, Ellen 1; Whyte: William 27, Isabella 27, William 2, Elizabeth 1, Mary 58, J. 32, Robert 25, Andrew 19; Waiters: William 31, Elizabeth 29, Mary 5, Charles 3, Alice 1; Whitehead : Edward 30, Mary 30 ; Davis : John 27, Ann 25 ; Bailey : Reuben 23, Emma 23, Jane 2, Emma 1; Byron Robert 34, Jane 32, Mary 12, Robert 9, Marion b, John 1; Bentley : Thomas 37, Francis 36, John 16, Frederick 11. Harriet 8, Ernest 4 ; Campbell : Arthur 26, Emma 28, William 1; Fitzgerald: Robert 33, Mary Ann 34, Robert 4. William 8, Ann 6; Elizabeth 2; Holbom : William 30, Mary 31, Arthur 1 ; Hogan : James 28, Maria 28, Denis 3 ; Hedges : John 55, Sarah 55, Thos. 21, Charles 15 ; Hedges : John 24, Sara 23 ; Pierce: John 25, Charlotte 20 ; Hedges : Henry 30, Mary 30, William 3, Charles 1, George 1; Ivins : James 36, Hannah 38, William James, 13, Thos. 10, Edith 6, Ernest 2 ; Jacob : Jno. 47, Mary 43. Jno. 21, Thos. 19. Joseph 17, Simon 15, Emma 11; Mahar: John 41, Mary 36, James 18, John 17, Ellen 15, Michael 13, Bartholomew 12, Margaret 9, Mary 7, Annie 5, M. 2; Lee; William 32, Emma 29 ; Emily 7, Ann 5, James 2, William 1; Lewis : Thomas 40, Maria 37, William 17, Thomas 15, Alice 14, David 11, James 2; Mearns: William 27, Annie 26, John 6, James 4, William 2; Stallard: Thomas 45, Mary 32, George 9, Alice 7, Elizabeth 5, Emma 1; Reilly : John 42, Grace 31, Mary 4, Margaret 1, Grace 1; Riordan: Jeremiah 34, Elizabeth 32, Timothy 14, Maiy 12, Elizabeth 10, Michal 7, Thomas 4, Jerry 1; Scott: Robert 22, Ellen 19 ; Shorthorne : Alexander 27, Elizabeth 23 ; Scarf: Jno. 39, Isabella3B, Margt. 19, Jane 16, Jno, 10; Shore: Rd. 25, Mary 20, Mary 2, Rd, 1; Thomson; John 38, Barbara 35, Euphina 7, Lochlan 5, John 3, Sarah 1; Welch : Charlotte 53, Stephen 18, Frederick 21, Mary 21; Charter: George 31, Jane 33, George 4, Mary 1; Henderson : A. 21, Jane 20 ; Cousins : Wm. 20, Mary 22 ; Jones: George 49, Bridget 44 ; Mutton : Wm. 25, Mary 23, John 1; Bunt: John 25, Sarah 25 : Brown : George 35, Emma 39, Thomas 13, Alfred 10, John 6 ; Pearce : James 25, Harriet 27, Harriet 4, John 3, Martha 1 ; Trevena: William 32, Jane 44, Samuel 22, Matthew 20, Susan 19, Charles 17, James 14, Joseph 12, Eliza 9, Francis 7, Richard 5 ; Doyle : John 24, Eliza 23; Orchard: Edward 38, Louisa 23, Elizabeth 3, James 1 ; Wallis: Robert 36, Sarah 18; Townsend: Henry 60, Ann 65; Coleman: John 26, Mary 26. Single Men.—Lloyd, Joseph 17; Lockett, John 23; Anderson, John 28 ; Birbeck : Nicholas 35, John 21; Bright, Joseph 18 ; Bishop, Henry 18 ; Connell, Patrick 19; Connor, James 2); Colley. Arthur 23; Cook, Hany 20; Eagles, William 22; Easton, John 18; Foulghan, Wm. 27; Foulghan, John 63; Flood, Denis 21; Gibson, Frederick 20 ; Gorders, William 21; Graham, Alexander 21; Hutchinson, James 22; Gilmore, George 21; Heath, Henry 21; Harvey, William 24; Hammond, John 29; Isaacs, David 25; Jones, David 22 ; Kerswell, George 28; Kingoe, H. 28; Livingstone : Robert 24, Duncan 16, William 14; Leuchan, Jeremiah 24; M‘Meckhan, Robert 26; M‘Lure, George 24; Murphy, John 29; M‘Bride, John 27 ; M'Kinnon, John 22 ; M‘Bean, Jas. 21; Meak, Hy. 25; Macfarland, Jno. 24; Nippon, Thos. 25; Prember, Thos. 38 ; Peacock, Alfred 31; Stapleton, Alexr. 22; Shaw, Wm. 32; Schwartze, Caleb 27 ; Duffield, Wm. 24 ; Wurtz, Chas. 22; Muckemst, Wm, A. 23; M'Quillin, M. 22; Calvert, John 21; Shea, Michael 23 ; Clifton, Sami. 30; Mouatt, Jas. 17; Trewhella, Wm. 19; White, Geo. 21; Lee, Thos. 19; Hewett, W. R. 22.

Single Women.—Weaver, Eliza 28; Taugney, Honora 33 ; Pritchard, Ellen 19 ; Doughton, Emily 17; Harvey, Catherine 18 ; Prember, Susanna 26; Burridge, Ann 57; Campbell, Eliza 21; Darvill, Maria 16 ; Edmonds : Charlotte 18, Elizaoeth 21; Foulghan; Mary 24, Harriet 25; Hargrave, Ellen 22; Kerbey, Margaret 29 ; M‘Coy, Elizabeth 22 ; M'Queen, Margaret 21; Pursey, Elizabeth 26 ; Proctor, Amelia 30; Quinn, Elizabeth 28; Smith, Isabel 20; Shea, Mary 27 ; Trollope : Elizabeth 18, Wm. A. 24 ; Wood : Mary 23, John, 8; Le Bond, Maria 19 ; Richards, Ellen 23.