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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1683, 13 April 1886, Page 4

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Kaikovra, Tueid«y. Th« Taiaroa is lyiiiK well iv shore appaniiitly m a good poMtiou for^gettirnr' off of which tin* re m h prolmbility. tin-. men who pwam from the pinnace at the stern suittuioed no injuries. Tlnro is not a gr at deal of wnter m for*part of the,v'-«Hi I, mid ahotn 6 or 8 f<*c*t m th- cabin, It is thoimht that th • dock planks have started, and there is not niiK.-h doubt that had the pasßen^ers and crew stuck to the Teasel they would hnve been" saved. Grant states that 'wh'-n the bott capsized he. bad great diffipnltv to get from nndi-r her, and after swimming: for some time; he was about giving up the struggle when he momentarily , touched the bottom, And f,v«-ntually trot ashore. v Hutton states t|»at miriy we're siistained. by the Hf«Itelts, only to die by the severity of th* night. Tli<r<' wns not th* slfghtesr confusion, but norfect order ; not even a scream from the ladies. One boat tried to effect a hmdine, 'but r< turned to th« venae! and report* d that they were opnoaitn a high Muff, but this was a iniatak*', ui'doul-tedly caus«d by the .darkness. One of the bodies found is that of J*ni<*H Powell, the 2nd rffiVer, the ( other two are seamen, names unknown. Th eaptnin is stfltrd to. liflve told pas-, sencers. they w«r« within fi ve. p mile's 6i h Kaikoitra. It m stated that " t tb < re w.ib' .' only one ro'-ket fired. H«d lii>hts and rookets been used continuously, help : would speedily have been obtained from the m orkm»n »t th» Olafnce River bridge, whotßw the iNiimpri |i|h(, [,\i\ ' tppk pa IvcOiff po(U'f) Pi It,