| BOANERGES | ||||||
| The BOANERGES departed Queenstown (Cohb), Ireland on 13 September, 1859 | ||||||
| and arrived in Auckland on 22 December, 1860, under the command of Major Dwyer. | ||||||
| Transcribed from the Daily Southern Cross, 25 December, 1860, Page 2. | ||||||
| The Boanerges arrived in the evening of Saturday, 100 days out from the Cove of Cork, which port she left on | ||||||
| the 13 September, crossing the Equator on the 8th Oct, in Long. 31° 35' W., the meridian of the Cape on the | ||||||
| 10th Nov., in Lat. 40° S, and subsequently going as far south as 49°. The Three Kings were made on Wednesday | ||||||
| last, after a heavy gale. The Boanerges brings out the remainder of the second battalion of the 14th Foot, namely, | ||||||
| 14 officers, 480 non-commissioned officers and privates, 42 women, and 44 children, under the command of | ||||||
| Major Dwyer. The voyage has been, on the whole, a healthy one, though four deaths occurred during the same, | ||||||
| one soldier from dysentry, a seaman from consumption, and two boys. | ||||||
| Daily Southern Cross, 25 December 1860, Page 3 | ||||||
| ARRIVAL OF REINFORCEMENTS | ||||||
| On Saturday evening the "Boanerges" arrived with the second detachment of the second battalion of the 14th | ||||||
| Regiment. The following are the names of officers and passengers:- | ||||||
| DWYER | Major & Mrs and female servant | |||||
| HEYWOOD | Capt. | |||||
| BARNES | Capt. | |||||
| HARMAN | (Brevet Major) Capt. | |||||
| LEPPER | Capt. & Mrs | |||||
| MINNETT | Capt. & Paymaster | |||||
| MINNETT | Mrs & 5 children & female servant | |||||
| FURNEAUX | Lieut. | |||||
| PHELPS | Lieut. | |||||
| H HARRINGTON | Lieut. | |||||
| EDWARDS | Lieut. | |||||
| BUTTLER | Lieut. | |||||
| WILLIS | Ensign | |||||
| F W HARRINGTON | Ensign | |||||
| BENNETT | Dr. & Mrs | |||||
| Copyright - Gavin W Petrie - 2013 | ||||||