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THE TARARUA DISASTER.

The “ Daily Times” publishes the following list to date (Saturday) of the bodies, with money and other articles found upon them, which have been recovered from the wreck of the Tararua: —No. 1. Thomas Bailey, nil. 2. A female supposed to bo Dr. Campbell’s servant, nil. 3. Man (name not known), 1 silver lever hunting watch No. 56,613, 1 gold watch chain, 1 locket (gold), 1 small leather p-.nkot book, 1 handkerchief. 4. Joseph Wallace (son of Thomas Wallace, Christchurch), c»sh £3O Bs, 1 50 dol. bill, 1 parse, 1 knife, X passage ticket to London, 1 necktie, sundry papers, 1 memo book, 1 comb, 1 key. 5. John Dobson, cash £22 9s Bd, draft on Bank of Australasia (Adelaide) for €4O, 1 silver —a'ch No. 57,320, 1 old steel chain, 4 keys, tooth with string attoohod. 6. Charles Holt Holt, 1 silver watch No. 48,411 (broken), cash 63, passage ticket to London, 1 pocket-book, X pencil care, 7. A man (name not known), cash 2s 61. 8. Miss Aitkea (stewardess), nil. 9. W. Davidson (tecond cabin steward), cash £5 5s Id, 1 purse, 3 gold rings, 1 gold locket (broken), 1 shirt stud, 2 sleeve studs, 1 diamona (sham), 1 gold pin set with imitation diamond, two pocket-knives. 10. A man (name not known), cash 3s XOd, X chamois bag. 11. A man, name not known, nil. 12. A man, name unknown, cash £2 4s 7d, 1 silver ring, 3 small keys, I silver lever hunting watch (No. 44 181), 1 silver curb albert chain, S shell ornaments (heart-shaped), 1 silver olaw holding dark stono with: white streak in centre and both edges, attached to chain, 1 brass watch key, 1 shirt stud, 1 small leather pouch. 13. A man, name not known, 1 pocket-knife, 1 key, 1 piece watch chain. 14. A man, name not known, nil. 15. Alexander Bao, cash £l2 3s 3d, 1 purse, 1 meerschaum pipe, 1 steel watch chain, 1 bone scarfring, 1 piece of carpenter’s pencil, 2 small keys’, 1 pearl stud, 1 pocket-knife, 1 passage ticket (Melbourne to London, No. 3212). 16. William White, cash £ll 12j 9d, 1 passage ticket (Melbourne to London, No. 925), 1 letter, 1 pass for steam launch (Napier for Tararua), 1 shirt stud, 1 brass watch key. 17. a mao, name not known, cash Is, 1 pocket knife. 18. A Chinaman, name not known, £1 note, 8j in silver, 1 purse, and 1 foreign coin. 19. A man, name not known, 1 open-faced silver lever watch (No. 2922), 1 key, 1 pocket knife. 20. Robert 8. B. ShawMarsbj l black leather pocket-book, 1 receipt for title deeds, 1 paper (illegible), 1 paseenger ticket (No. 2368, Melbourne to London). 21. A man, name not known, cash £35, 1 leather belt. 22. A man, name not known, nil. 33. Peter Anderson, cash £lO 16j Id, 1 passage ticket (No. 3216, Melbourne to London). 24. John Sooone, brother of W. Scoone, Bangiora, cash £ls 16s 3d, 1 common watch key, 2 small keys, 1 calico bag. 25. Robert M. Crawford, 1 silver watch (open-faced. No. 12,157), cash id, 1 largo pocket-knife, 1 pair mittens, 1 necktie. 1 bunch keys (5), 1 leather watch-chain, sundry papers. 26. A man, name not known, nil. 27. A man, name not known, 1 gold keeper ring with garnet stone and buckle in centre. 28. A man, name not known (supposed to be Robert Brown), 1 gold nugget-ring with quartz in centre. 29. Francis Q-. Garrard, captain, 1 gold watch (No. 5914), 1 gold Albert chain and locket, diamond in centre of locket), cash £2 10s, 2 gold sleeve links, 3 gold studs with diamonds in centre. 30. A man, nemo not known, nil. 31, A man, name not known, 3 .brass and 1 bone shirt studs, 1 sleeve-link, 1 brass watch key. 32. A man, name not known, cash £lO 19s, 1 bunch seven keys. 33. A man, name not known, nil. jj 4. A man, name not known, nil. 35. A female, name not known, 1 plain wedding ring. 36. A man, name not known, cash £1 10s Id, 1 open-faced gold watch (No. 15,776), 1 gold lady’s neok-ohain (broken) 1 brass watch key. 37. A female, name not known, afterwards ascertained to bo Mrs Campbell, 1 gold lady’s dress ring with 4 diamonds, 1 gold wedding ring, 38. A man, name not known, cash 6s, and 2 keys. 39. A man, supposed to be J. Bainbridge, 1 openfaced silver watch (No. 2029), 1 pencil case, 1 white washed watch curb chain, 1 [small steel case, 1 tape measure, 1 white handkerchief (J. Bainbridge marked on it), 1 yellow bone sleeve-link. 40. A man, name not known, oaah £1 10s 6d, 2 threepenny-pieces with holes, 1 purse, 1 open-faced silver watch (No. 5324). 41. John Joyce, cash Is Id, 1 purse, 1 deposit receipt on Colonial Bank N.Z. (Oamarn) for £IOO (No. 9635), 1 draft of exchange from Union Bank of Australia for £llO (No. 11,886). 43. A female child, name unknown, nil. 43. A man, name unknown, 1 open-faced silver watch (No. 4668), 1 chamois purse. 44. Alexander Livingstone, 1 gold ring (letters ”T. L.”. on it). 45. A man, name unknown, cash 4j, 3 brass shirt studs, 1 calabash matchbox. 46. John Fraser Campbell, 1 gold openfaced Genova watch (No. 38,062), 2 pocket knives, 1 copper token. 47- A man, name unknown, 1 gold albert chain, looket, 1 gold ring (“M.8.” on plate), cash Is lOd, 48. A man, name unknown, nil. 49. A man, name unknown, 1 gold hunting Geneva watch (No. 29,541), 1 gold albert chain with greenstone bar and half a locket, 1 silver albert chain, 3 bone shirt studs. 50. W. B. Jones, purser, 3 gold rings, 1 tortoise shell lady's ring, 1 silver looket with likeness of gentleman (faded), 1 lady’s gold neck chain with portion of locket, 1 greenstone drum set in gold end 1 small pencil case, 1 silver threepenny piece and 2 sleeve links, 1 pencil (composition) and 1 pocket knife, 1 gold open-faood lady’s watch (No. 16,657), 1 Sawn ticket, 1 registered letter receipt. 51. lan unknown, nil, 52. Man unknown, nil. 53. Man unknown, 9 studs of various sizes ahd patterns, 1 gold ring set with diamonds (imitation), and id cash. 54. Man unknown, cash £2O 15s 6d, and meerschaum pipe and case. 55. William A. Wilson, of Oamaru, cash £2,103 63, 1 silver ring, 1 pocket-book containing sundry papers, a certificate of discharge from E. J. Smith, of Dunedin. 56. Roderick Walsh, cash £2 15s Id, 1 pocketbook, 1 passage ticket (Dunedin to London), 3 letters and papers, and 4 shirt-studs. 57. A boy, unknown, cash £4 Os 33, 1 key, 2 sleeve links, 2 shirt studs, and 1 button belonging to Union Company. 58. Alexander Munro, chief engineer, cash £ll 4s 33, 1 open faced gold watch (No. 8702), 1 gold curb-chain and locket, 4 gold rings, 1 gold locket, 3 shirt-studs, 1 pocket-knife, 1 pencil, throe small keys, and 1 receipt for drapery purchase. 59. John Barry, cash £1 2s, a five-pound note (No. 96,130, of the Colonial Bank of Australasia, Melcourre), sola of exchange (on National Bank of Australasia, Melbourne, issued by National Bank of New Zealand, Dunedin) for £BO, a receipt for registered letter in the name of John Barry, 2 receipts for jewellery purchased and for cleaning a watch (No. 63,766), 3 shirtstuds, 1 pocket-knife, sundry papers. 60. A man, name not known, cash £6, 1 English gold ring. 61. A boy, name unknown, nil. 61a. Daniel Gorton, Post Office Savings Bank book (No. 3882) Invercargill, 1 pooliot book. 62. A man, supposed to be W. 8011, 1 tobacoo-pouoh. 63. James Warren, second steward, cash 10j, 1 silver lever hunting watoh (No. 5448), 1 gold albert chain and part of gold locket, 1 gentleman’s gold ring, and 1 lady’s gold ring. 64. A man, name not known, cash £3O 7s, half a-crowu (defaced) and half a sixpence, 1 leather purse, 5 shirt-studs, 2 small nuggets. 65. A man, name unknown, cash 2|d, 1 penknife, 10 keys, 1 braes penholder, 1 hair comb, 1 small strap. 66. A man, name unknown, nil. 67. A man, name unknown, nil. 68. A man, name unknown, nil. In addition to the above five bodies have been recovered, of which wo have no further particulars. libT OF PROPBETY AND MONEY FOUND ON THE BEACH AT WAIPAPA. Throe artificial teeth (set in gold), 1 blue oioth vest, 1 old verge silver watch (No, 6753), 1 leather bootlace attached to a watoh, 1 watch key, 1 small box key, 1 silver watch (open faced, with silver dial, no glass or hands, No. 63,917), 1 silver albert chain (snake pattern) and 1 brass watch key, 1 vest, cash £3 Is 3d, 1 copper coin (resembles a penny), 1 white handle penknife, 2 small box keys, 1 pair blue serge trousers, cash (token) 2j 6.1, 1 bunoh of seven keys, 1 watoh key, Post Office Savings Bank book (No. 24,437, Port Ohalmors), a piece of silver watoh chain, bank notes (£56), 1 pocket book, 1 packet lotters, X old broken verge watch (No. 10,463), 1 deposit reoeipt for £227 from the Mutual Benefit Society of Wanganui (No. 82, deposited by Thomas Lewis).

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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2263, 4 July 1881, Page 4

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THE TARARUA DISASTER. Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2263, 4 July 1881, Page 4

THE TARARUA DISASTER. Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2263, 4 July 1881, Page 4

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