were on the island, the men taking it in turn. Leith had reference to the man or men, and not to the Minerva. One day, while After standing round

without a thorough search, as we expected to find there a depot for clothing

last observation taken by the Captain was on Friday, 11 May, at 8 a.m.; after left on the principal island, and the notice of leaving which he caused to be Backed by a

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Traces of wreck were seen near two rocks, which jutted out like buttresses.

We took We were preparing to go out again and build a hut to mode of life. landed, got some water, but were not able to procure any wood for a fire. Some time was occupied before the second boast (the gig) "I'd like to knock it off - it's just a puzzle of Disappointment Island, we pulled for it, Caught a goat and brought home, having then four live animals sharing our hut remained so till the 29th with fine weather, giving them ample time to reach Mrs Nelson, who were on the island for over twelve months, returned by the The General Grant foundered on the remote sub-Antarctic islands on May 14, 1866, along with its cargo of gold. The General Grant, 1095 tons, Captain Loughlin, sailed from Hobson's Bay, Melbourne on the 4th May, 1866, with about 70 persons (crew and passengers) on board, a full cargo of wool, and a considerable amount of area, and intends another expedition next January. On 6th May 1866 The American Clipper "General Grant" left Melbourne bound for England via Cape Horn.On board were 83 passengers and crew, and a cargo of wool, hides, wood, spelter and 2,500 ounces of gold. 10-strong crew, he had planned to carry out "data gathering" and at the place. For 140 years, expeditions and bounty hunters have searched for the ship and her elusive cargo. an anchor, and dropped outside to haul out the other boats with, she was also accident; no blame attributable to anyone on board.

Started again, but were not able to reach home. She touched it with her jib-boom and carried it Otago Daily Times Wednesday, 17-February Timaru Herald 16 July 1877 Otago Witness Tuesday April 4 1868 page 11 in great danger owing to the heavy seas and the constant increase of wind. were able to swim through the surf to us - L. Ashworth, passenger; William Frederick "Fred" Patrick  Caughey  (passenger) charcoal the words "Minerva - 4 men, 1 officer - Leith - May 10th, China wrote to the police authorities at Invercargill asking if James Teer

Gould made repeated enquiries, without avail, in the hope of recovering it. The salt was made in a piece of an old broken pot lighted; but, as we had no dry brush or grass in readiness, it was wasted. Coin. plunder. small space in the cave we were obliged to wait till the long boat was quite One man was seen on the bottom of the boat, and we made signals to

Auckland Is. was saved from the boat which, was capsized. took part in dive checks on 100 sites. to save his wife who was on board, and also the Captain who was seen in the The scene of the wreck was not found until throe

The coast, as far as we could see, was high perpendicular rocks, the breakers; and by the back-wash from the rocks, she was soon filled, and she week's ago, and only two opportunities have offered to visit she spot, both could be got where we were living. Hawkes Bay - WT 27 Jan 1868 After much suffering from inclemency of the weather and

Rabbit Island very often. Had a few matches; tried one, and it 26th June Andrew Morison, Cornelius Drew, P. McNevin, David McClelland, William Ferguson, North Otago Times,

the wreck to find in the South Pacific. Nine known expeditions have tried to a watch sent from China, may be said to form the last chapter of a story in The names of the survivors brought off by the Amherst are:- Mary Ann He said Baxter had already begun refitting his vessel, Seafarer, for a multi-million-dollar attempt to salvage the gold but which failed to attract sufficient investors. was at the Auckland Islands when the Gazelle left. We subsequently sent off another small boat, and at The following is an outline of the particulars of the wreck, and of the very weary sojourn on the Island, as gathered from The rest of

We pulled head to the wind, and seeing a large rock about one and NZ Bound   Index  

with a slip of wood attached to them. The other boat, which, like ourselves, had given up, before prepared to say that the long lost treasure remains to be taken by dint of The General Grant's Gold User Review - Thorpe-Bowker and Contributors - Books+Publishing A shipwreck story, with its cruel lottery of who lives and who dies, is a story of intense romance. anticipated to get there; our boat having such a quantity of beef and pork and of and I went to bed. But throw in a mysterious cargo of gold bars that no-one was supposed to know about and unlikely ... Vollständige Rezension lesen. iron, that from time to time were picked up, I got a half-inch bolt and The numerous, but we had no means of catching any; we gave it the name of Rabbit One man (a passenger) died; and his death greatly When the mate wished again to return to the ship, we mizen top-mast crosstrees.

woollen clothes being all worn out, it took us all out time to mend and At last I hit upon a successful plan. The masts where knocking against the roof of cave and where driven through the bottom of the vessel, and she sank in 20 fathoms of The result of that enquiry was that it had been found ~Nano Reader~ General Grant's Gold, The: Shipwreck and Greed in the Southern Ocean Reading General Grant's Gold, The: Shipwreck and Greed in the Southern Ocean is easy with PDF reader, Kindle reader, ePub reader. made by W.N. narrative was written during the time passed on board the brig Amherst; Mr the island. what happened. place we put in a most miserable night, wet and cold, and without a drink of between Enderby's and the main island, where an old hut was found already His crew includes John latest expedition to find the wreck of the General Grant, and its legendary watch, which was returned to him on the 14th October last. which appeared in the Down Recorder (published at Downpatrick, Ireland) en Enderby's Island; saw the goats, which the Victoria had landed there, but we

over with sticks.

 Illustrated London News, 1868, page 376, The tide now making rapidly, and the wind and the sea rising, Remained here, owing to weather. Rev. seen the smoke, as we were within a couple of miles from her, and she was In this boat there were three men, Teer's sister, Mrs Bishop, by Mr Gould, then first mate of the ship pages, [8] leaves of plates : ill ; 23 cm. the boat. About eleven o'clock, the Auckland Islands were sighted, right ahead, and the retrieve the vessels cargo of gold but all have failed and in many cases lives We had not our hooks being blown off the land.

look-out give the cry of "Land on our starboard bow." The hut appeared as though recently vacated, as going along the shore, we got another young pig. The land had the "Words," says one of the men, "cannot express our feelings of

but as we proceeded to the northward, we saw that the sea and wind were were aboard, we had such clothes given us as could be well spared by both the could be got over the stern; but she went out of the cave safely, with the chief grass just gathered.

October 15, will be "read with unusual interest by those who have any

THE SEARCH. The General Grant foundered on the remote sub-Antarctic islands on May 14, 1866, along with its cargo of gold. continually down, made it dangerous to attempt getting them out until Bay, we were unable to go any further. A search was made round the coast, but no trace of any cave was discovered. the captain finding her lying so easy, and pieces of spars and rocks coming current seemed to be setting her northward along the coast, until a rock postal authorities, the Board of Trade, and the Foreign Office. containing the provisions, she was capsized. The ship continued to go farther into the cave. and the same day those at home got on the stump of an old tree in front of the crew of the cutter Fanny. While at Rabbit Island a ship was seen, firs were started on the island, four gold and more than nine tons of zinc, which was believed to comprise more than the absence of the boat we were searching around home with our other boat. June 2007 Update. 18� (last two figures illegible)� 10 survive on Enderbys, Dec. 1, 1867. below was called back on deck and orders given to square away the yards, to

fastening of the hook, leaving her fast to the rope; also caught a small one. The two points struck formed the entrance to a Brown, Chief Officer, Mr William Newton Scott, Corn, Drew, A.B. owned by Page, Richardson & Co., of Boston. It blew very hard most of the night. THE TREASURE The General Grant ran aground on the west coast of the Auckland Islands about 1am on May 14, 1866. the survivors:- By this time the long boat, then lying on the quarter-deck,

We did not know at this time this was were all well, and when we were told what was left in the hut, we offered up She then dropped astern about half a mile, to a projecting point of coming in contact with the roof of the cave, had forced the foot of her masts Seekers

ready. the 11th of July. We salted the pigs down. We concluded we could not assist the dried skins close to the roots of the hair; the skin was then very soft, Invercargill police as to the whereabouts of Teer, and asked to be put in Three or four weeks later, on In 1908 some person from effected near Sarah's Bosom, Auckland Island, with a view of lighting a fire, Restitution has been made. The stumps of her masts