Fnoai- Tahiti.— The clipper brig Firefly, ■bound from Tahiti, to San Francisco, arrived at Honolulu on the 30th ult. , The ; iron ship Bellisima was reported as lost by the'schooner Aorai. The latter vessel arrived at Papctee October sth. She states that on the 331' d, 2<ltli, and 25th slie experienced Heavy gales, and on the 26th discovered the wreck of the Bellisima o 1 the north-east side of the reef of P;:]- --" nierstoii's .Island. The captain landed, dividing His crew into two squads. Six bodies were discovered, naked, on the beach, and horribly bruised. Four of these were men and two children. Every soul on board undoubtedly perished.
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Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 168, 9 February 1867, Page 3
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