WRECK OF THE SHIP CITY OF AUCKLAND.
Otaiu, Wednesday. The City of Auckiaud, Captain lialla, pom London bound for Napier, is ashore
with 240 passengers. No lives were lost in landing the passengers. The Hinemoa leaves Wellington for the scene of the wreck at noon. Later. The ship City of Auckland, from London bound for Napier with railway material and 240 adult immigrants, is ashore near the mouth of the Otaki river. The vessel came ashore about nine o'clock last night in a heavy north-west gale. Great excitement appears to prevail amongst the passengers, who are throwing their boxes, &c, overboard. The life boat came ashore in charge of the second mate, and every endeavor to land the passengers is being made. The residents of Otaki are making every arrangement for their reception, and traps and Cobb's coach are on the beach waiting to drive them to the township. The beach is lined with Natives hauling up the wreckage.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 218, 23 October 1878, Page 2
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159WRECK OF THE SHIP CITY OF AUCKLAND. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 218, 23 October 1878, Page 2
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