Grindlay from England to Port Phillip (via Rio De Janeiro with emigrants saved from the India which caught fire in the southern Atlantic) [assisted emigrant passengers] 1841 [Oct 22] - 153 were rescued.
| Ship | Sons | Dau | Hus | Wife | Sm | Sf | Souls | Young | Families | Couples | Um | Uf | Born | Died | Paid
| | Grindlay | 18 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 56 | 39 | 173 | 32 | 9 | 13 | 58 | 39 | u | 20 | u
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The India sailed on the 4th June last with 198 souls on board, crew included, and was totally destroyed by fire on the 20th July, in 10 south latitude, and 33 west longitude, under the following circumstances: the third mate and one of the boys were below about one o'clock pm, drawing off spirits, when the candle they used accidentally fell on some spilled rum, which immediately caught fire, and the flames spread with such rapidity that all efforts at extinguishing the tremendous blaze were unavailing, and the ship soon became one mass of flame.
The total number on board the India was 214, of whom 18 perished - viz., 16 steerage, one cabin passenger, and the boatswain.
Grindlay at Port Phillip on 22 October 1841; with survivors of loss of India
The following list of passengers who perished on the India was published in The Edinburgh, 1841,
Robert Burns, 26 from Lasswade ( widow saved );
Samuel Cameron, Methven;
William Clelland 18, Markinch, Fifeshire (another account has the same name but from Leahmahagow );
Charles Clements ( or Cumming, as one account has it ) boatswain of the India, said to be from Hull.
John Cock, joiner, 22, from Newe Scone;
Andrew Dingwall, tailor, Colinsburgh, Fife ( a widow and two children saved);
Duncan Grant, 19, said to be from Leven, Fifeshire ( another letter says from Lorn );
John Hut different list
James Low, 25, from Old Bridge of Almond;
Donald McGregor, 29, Tillicoultry ( widow and children saved.);
William McKay, cabin passenger, from Inverness; v
Frederick Mitchell, 22, from Fifeshire;
William Nott different list
Robert Patterson, 35, from Corstorphine;
William Scot, painter, 18, from Edinburgh;
John Steele from Collinsburgh,Fifeshire;
William Stewart, aged 27, from Edinburgh ( formerly of Blair Athol );
John Stewart, 18, from Edinburgh;
John Stewart, 21, from Harrowfield,near Auchtergaven;
Andrew Tait, 19, from Edinburgh;
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