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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1684, 14 April 1886, Page 2

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(UNITJCD PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Kekekangu, Tuesday. Hut ton says he heard one of the other men m the capsized boats cry out, and he told him to strike out boldly for the shore, but nothing more was seen of him. Grant and Hutton both suffered from the effects of their perilous adventure, but are at Trolove's Woodbank Station receiving every attention, and progressing favorably toward recovery. Hutton's watch stopped at two minutes past twelve, which shows four hours and a half between the time when the steamer struck and the time when the boat capsized and he swam ashore. Grant's watch never stopped, and dry matches wore found m his clothes. McQuarter drifted ashore m a boat this morning on the beach, between the Eiver Ure and Flag Point, noth of Kek • erangu, m company with, another man, who was quite dead. The boat turned over and righted itself several times aft3i* leaving the wreck, it bain.? a cork lifeboat, MoQuarter was very much exhausted when l>e reached tta shor».

He managed to walk nearly Up to ftffe* brangu station, and was met by tht manager's son, who procured a Ati,}' end took him to an accouiodatlofl HOtllij where he is now progressing favorably. Search parties from Kekerangu an 4 Flaxbourne, and other stations along the coast, have been out all day looking for survivors. TJp ta the present eight bodies have come, ashore. Three are. at Woodbank Station, two being those of seamen, and one apparently . that of an engineer. There are five . on the beaclj north of Kekerangu. There appears ,t<j be no holes or damage to the steamed above the water line, the. masts being perfectly firm and stationary.

: Tlje Taiaroa was built on the Clyde by Mr Inglis, arid was sent to the Albion Company m Dunedin m 1875. This Company ran her for some months, after which time the Union ' Steamship Com* pany bought her, and she has been doing coastal service ever since. She wai classed 100 Al at Lloyd's. Her net tonnage was 228 tods and gross 430 tons. Her engines were ilO hdrse-power and 500 indicated. She had irdn bulkheads. Her dimensions were 180 ft long, 23ft beam, and 12ft 6in depth of hold. Soon after her coming to New Zealand the Taiaroa was wrecked off Dog Island, but was got off again. The master of the Lyttelton reports having seen the lights of the Taiaroa at 7.40 p.m. on Sunday evening off Kekeramru. She was then about four miles off the shore, being two miles further m than the Lyttelton. It was blowing a S.E. gale at the time, and the weather was ver> thick.