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The first survivors arrived at the castle late in the evening on the 18th June and told the terrifying story of the wrecking of the Johanna.
More and more men arrived at the castle when on the 27th June 104 men had survived the ordeal.
Simon van de Stell was eager to learn about the Johanna and got a commimitment from the capt. saying that the wreck was a total write offand because of the difficult terrain and high mountains it was not possible to do any salvage of the Johanna. Simon van der Stell had heard that she was carrying a valuable cargo and he was now anxious to reparriate the survivors as soon as posssible. Un beknown to Capt. Brown ,van der Stell had already dispatched engisn Olaf Bergh to the wreck site in a cloud of secrecy on the 22th June . Van der Stell mangaed to get most of the survivors on 3 ships bound for Batavia on the 8th July , exactly one month after the wrecking.
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