Fearful Shipwreck, Over a Hundred Lives Lost
FOLLOWING on the frightful railway accident of Wednesday came the still more lamentable news yesterday of the wreck of the Union Steamship Company's vessel Wairarapa on…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1894
87 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 5
Another Wreck
By the steamer Laurel Branch, which arrived in Sydney from Manila yesterday, news was received of the wreck of the well-known barque Richard Parsons whilst on a…
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The Wairarapa, became a total wreck on the Great Barrier Island sixty miles from Auckland. Captain Mackintosh and one hundred and twelve passengers were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Appalling Wreck. Total Loss of the Steamer Wairarapa. Fearful Scenes. Naked Passengers Thirty-six Hours on the Rocks. Over One Hundred Perish
A GLOOM such as has not fallen upon Sydney for many years cast itself over the metropolis on Thursday. While yet the wound in the public mind was fresh from the railway catastrophe of Wednesday…
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AT a meeting of the survivors of the Wairarapa disaster a motion has been carried commending the coolness and self-command of the passengers, but regretting that the discipline at the boats was not…
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AT a meeting of the survivors of the Wairarapa disaster a motion has been carried commending the coolness and self-command of the passengers, but regretting that the…
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Auckland, Thursday, 9 p.m.-- The loss of the Wairarapa is undoubtedly attributable to the failure to sight the Mokihinau light owing to the fog. When the vessel struck, even the officers were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Wairarapa Off the New Zealand Coast. Terrible Experiences. Passengers Killed by Plunging Horses. Survivors on the Rocks for 36 Hours. the Second Officer's Story
AUCKLAND, Thursday, 2.5 p.m.-- Mr. J. Clark, the second officer of the Wairarapa, has made the following statement in explanation of the disaster: We left Sydney on Wednesday, October 24, and…
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THE magisterial inquiry concerning the wreck of the steamer Wairarapa was begun at Auckland on Monday before Mr. Northcroft, stipendiary magistrate, and two nautical assessors. In his opening…
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SOME sad stories are told in connection with the wreck of the Wairarapa. The last farewells of parents to children, sister to sister, and friend to friend, are told in touching terms. Heroism is not…
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MR. MOYES , chief officer of the steamer Wairarapa, was closely questioned at the official inquiry yesterday regarding his escape and the loss of a woman and child…
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THE magisterial inquiry concerning the wreck of the steamer Warrarapa was began at Auckland on Monday. In his opening statement conceal for the collector of customs…
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THE continued absence of news regarding the Union Steamship Co.'s steamer Wairarapa caused considerable concern in Sydney for some days, and when word was received from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Dorunda. London, Nov. 5
The Board of Trade has held an inquiry into the circumstances of the wreck of the British-India Company's steamer Dorunda on an island off the coast of Portugal in September last…
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On October 25 the Melbourne Court of Marine Inquiry arrived at the finding that Captain H. E. Hill, of the Rodondo, had been guilly of ross misconduct in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Wairarapa. Accounts by Survivors. How the Wreck Occurred. Heartrending Scenes. 140 Lives Lost
Full particulars regarding the wreck of the Wairarapa are to hand, and a number of the survivors have made statement regarding their terrible experiences. The…
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IT is expected that the magisterial inquiry being held at Auckland concerning the Wairarapa disaster will last a fortnight longer. Among the witnesses examined on Thursday…
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THE latest intelligence states that sixty-four bodies have been recovered, and that most of them have been interred on the island. The position of the wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A British Steamer Fired On. London, Nov. 14
News has reached London to the effect that a gunboat belonging to the negro Republic of Liberia, in Western Africa, fired upon It British steamer while the latter was landing cargo at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Wairarata. Some Fresh Narratives. Terrible Scenes at the Wreck
An interview with Miss Jane Williams, who was [?] by Mr. Roberts, appeared in our last issue. It appears that Mr. William Ferguson, engineer and…
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