THE NEW GUINEA PROSPECTORS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1151, 6 April 1872, Page 3

THE NEW GUINEA PROSPECTORS.

It appears ihair the members of this expedition, numbering no less than seventyfive, hid i cbmfottable passage during the j first part of their voyage, the utmost good feeling prevailiig, attd various exercises and amusements being engaged in on board. Several 'members of the expedition being connected .with respectable families in the Colony much anxiety has naturally been felt by friends and the public as to their success. The whole of them, with j the exception o$ oa& gentleman, shipped as officers and seamen, in order to obviate the necessity of the vessel sailing out of the port under the provisions of the Immigratibtt Act. Th&brig w» to have been commanded by Captain Gilleapie, who, however, left the vessel at the latest moment, and she was taken to sea by Mr Strathman, the first mate, who is said to have left the wreck, with the best boat with a crew of six men, two hours after the vessel struck on the reef. Ten others left on a ; piece of wreck, and about thirty others on a raft. The brig, which; was heavily laden with stores, tools, Sec.,' for the purposes of the expedition, commenced j to fill immediately she struck, and went down at seven o'clock the same morning— that is, about four hours after going on the reef. Two boats, containing 28 passengers, reached Oardwell at noon on Monday, 4th March. The following persons were reported to be on board :— Dr Tate, Burgeon ; Messrs Sanderson, Hargrave, Pegus, Orommelin Arps, Jacob, Dickman, Goble, Misdale, Powell, Robinson, Grey, King, Koenig, Wright, ChalloD, Schwffling, Hocroft, Hess, Fox, Ramsay, Lane, Broadbent, Barclay, Hyman, Lefin, and Jack, a sailor. On their landing, provision was immediately made for (For continuation of JSews see 4th Page.)

housing and supplying their wants by the police magistrate, Mr Sheridan, and the ateamer Tinonee was despatched at four o'clock on Tuesday morning to seek for those who ! w.ere[ missing. After visiting the \?reck, she, returned to port the same evening, without having discovered any tratJes of either of the other parties ; but on' Wednesday,' Hugh Finney, and three others of the survivers reached Cardwell in a wounded state. Finney immediately telegraphed to his wife in Sydney ■as follows :—" Just arrived, after nine days in bush and boat ; attacked by blacks ; narrowly escaped ' with severe wound. Five others supposed to be killed.: Progressing favorably." Of tho ultimate fate of those on the rafts, particulars have already appeared, and other particulars have been given in^{our telegrams. ■