TO CORRESPONDENTS.
“T.P.”—Wherever the English language is spoken/ the loss of the troop-ship Birkenhead off the coast of Africa in 1852 (referred to in our report of the wreck of the Teuton) will be perpetuated in remembrance by the heroic conduct of British soldiers who, at the command of their colonel, formed in line on the sinking ship to protect the women and children whilst they were being lowered into the boats, and then sank at their post without a murmur, into the watery grave. Some brief particulars, although published in some of our school books, we reprint for your information, as they; will doubtless have a special interest at the present time for all readers.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1578, 18 October 1881, Page 2
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116TO CORRESPONDENTS. Kumara Times, Issue 1578, 18 October 1881, Page 2
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