ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S.S. MIKADO, WITH THE ENGLISH MAIL, VIA CALIFORNIA.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 423, 2 February 1875, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S.S. MIKADO, WITH THE ENGLISH MAIL, VIA CALIFORNIA.

Early on Sunday morning the R.^f. steamship Mikado arrived in harbour from S*n Francisco with the European and American mails. She left JSan Fr.incisco on the sth ult. The following are the principal news item 8:—8 :—:—: —

BURNING OE THE COSPATKICK. London, December 27. A telegram has been received from Muleira stating that" three of the crew of the emigrant ship Cospatrick from London for New York, had arrived at St. Helena, and reported the Cospatrick burned at sea. It is feared thjtt the crew and pisses .>ers, numbering 500 souls, have all perished with the exception of these three reported arrived at St. Helena. A second telegram from Madeira states that the Cospatrick was burned November 17, in latitude 37 N., longitude 12 "W. It is now estimated that 465 lives were lost by the disaster. London, Decembei 28, The ship Cospatrick, burned at sea, was from London to Auckland, New Zealand. She sailed September the 14th ; was spoken October 28, latitude 11 S., longitude 34 W., and was burned in latitude 37 S., longitude 12 W.. off the Cape of Good Hope. The Sup rintendent of the Brazilian Telegraph Cable at Madeira telegraphs that only three per ons are at present known to survive, namely, the second mate and two seamen. These were picked up by the British ship Sceptre, after having been ten days in an open boat, subsisting a put of the time upon the flesh of others who died whilsthipon the boat. I London, December 29. Madeira specials give the following particulars of the burning of the emigrant ship Oospatrick. T.ie fire broke out at midnight on November 17 and with in half an hour enveloped the vessel nearly its entire length. The scene was one of tjbe wildest rxmfusion, but two boats succeeded ii| getting away, aich of which contained thirty perfon^. These remained olongside the ship until I ' the 19th November, when the hull was completely burned and the vessel sunk. The two boata then started for land. They kept together for two days when the gale separated them. One of them has not since bxsen heard of. The other was fallen in with by the British ship Sceptre. At that time it contained five persons, two of whom died before the Sceptre f cached St. Helena. Later. — Further details of the Ooapatrick disas-^ ter have been received. When the vessel was discovered to be on fire, eighty persons, mostly women, rushed in*o one boat, which was capsized and all in her drowned . Soon after .varda all the uw-Ste fell killing many passengers, lv explosion subsequently occurred. The total number 1 of lives , u +. w,r *i-,o rK c .. H «^r is nmv estimated at 174., ? ± <