THE WRECK.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 2

THE WRECK.

was Wellington "VWorking Men's Club yesterday in 'connection' v; with.,;the Penguin":disaster ..fund.'-.-- The' sum of '''■' ill) ;U)s.:;has^already"been - "'■;.The-managing: director:bf .the -Union 'Com.'.:: Pany / :;_SirvJas:;---Millv.wfio-'ig-iow";ih'' : Au^:-.'- 1, f a »V- has: . sen *-' the "" following • telegram' to v the New -Zealand-Press Association:; : "Mucli' T: ' distressed; at/sad; loss; of JifeVon^.Penguin; : '■/ a »S'. de ? lre tp.. ; .coiiyey, my /deepest ■. sympathy-1 .with- .a11.-.those■.concerned in,.disaster.'-and'> especially/;to, those .who have lost their re-' '■< Uationsand■'friends."/",":.':-. ■■'■'.; "\.-. '■'.'"• J , , :'-..-;.^".'.;.';';?• /, ; : The^Shipwreck: Belief; Society".requested : the. Union/ Company's. -manager.. at' Welling- !"■'■' 'ton /to [provide -necessary.'clothing-'for , the ''■■': Penguin ...survivors, oiln. the -meantime 'the ■'/■■ company..:had .sent /out. inecessaries "on'ite- r own initiative;' ; V -.t. r . ■ : -'\''.\ '■"-': ;:/.--'/'-' ,'■•■/ .'• iPn hearing of the wreck Sir Joseph : Ward: ! V a(; once telegraphed-to : the. general manageh-?-: i Duriediri, of, the' Union Steamship Company,---V as well as ~tp. the; SVellington manager,: ex-.: , . prcssioha -of deep .sympathy. VThe/fJovera-' ■". ment;has : .;also /offered- to;''.t]io'.'-Union Com^ '■■< pany.'tp.ido.. anything; in its power; to'help. ■'••-: ".'SubJnspec.tor Phair/states'that up' to 3.3Q1- v yesterday afternoon; 53'bodies'had beep re.-- ; :. : covered, 'and;^.the ■ pol'icßnien. on;duty at the '-'• 'scene of ..the' "wreck' had been/given." ihstruc , '■■''; ■' 'tions -to;get-the/-bodies;as near.-.to one-par?.--ticiilarispot as possible, with/aview.to facilt.; ■■ tating '6t bringirjg thetn into 'town.'- - ; ;A : 'telegram from; Nelsoii'yesterday; states- •', that''Mrs.'and;Miss Sowman did not sail' by' ;the~ Penguin, and /another from 'Blenheim-- , . , '" says :that :Mis3 ..Wemyss .didnot leave -for .-' .WeUington/.by. the ill-fated , steamer.' , v■:■ - ' : - ■■ 'r •'■■■ -The :valuables : 'found on* : the : bodies-'"have- ' :b.een taken/charge of by the police,-who have : - : deceased owner. /'One liianV had £17- in his ::; deceased owner.' :One may had , in' , hia "V :pook'ets;■•■./■•■-■■■.■;•■■':■:.';";:. / v ':.. ■""--:/-. ' / -^ ; -u"-;y' i /;The : news bfv;thewreck,of /the/ , Pen'guiaV 'i created, a. great-sensation'iniuckland. - The newspaper boards bearing the-latest/informa- -', • .tion as-to;.the; fate of :the-passengers and' crew , .'were surrounded '-by-throngs of .people': ■;.' auvaay..' ■ j"s '. -a ~ ..;.-: ■': , .: , -.'.... i,; .-..■■ '■~.:,:.:, ■■•, .'■. w P r :> ;/S.M;./(coroner);/ Mr. W^- / sUmnie XCommissioiier of P6lioe)V and Sub-In-- " spector-Phair visited the sceno of the wreck i yesperday.'vo;; 7 .,'•". ;■■..■ ~...;:... :;.;■:.;,■■.-;:- '■■■;■.-,.■..; ■n - f°N°Ving motion wae' passed-by 'the ■ : '" Board... of ■ ■ Managenient: of the.. Wellingtoa' ■ ' Typographical-;; Union ; at; its; meeting Saturday, evening, the members-standing m ; ' silence ;oh'4lie motion being put By, the pre-. v sidenti.Mr.E.: Jones:—'.'That this'.union sin-/,-cerely..condoles wiih anct est-onds its./deepest"'.'■'' isyinpiJthy; to ;the./rfllatives : andYfriends 'of :; '- those ..persons who •. lost their : Uvea : onV. lie; ■ Wreck of ilie s.s. Penguin/- :/ i Y .:.'■;'.- ; ; K/- : ;;: ; i.