WRECK OF THE S.S. TARANAKI.
It was calm when the Taranaki left Auckland at 430 p.m. on Thursday. --. Ai iogrgflon ! came on, and she anchored untildayiiighti > when the fog. lifted. . There were :75<p«saeB& 1 gera on board, including^ many women^ud children, and 25 in the forecabia, . With^lthe crew there were altogether 100 :.ou Hhoard. - About breakfast time, the, weatheri! being , calm: and foggy, the ship,struck ; heayily,!and i bumped four times Tbey theniawfiionting \ them a precipice 300 feet high, the bowsprit j aloipst touching the cliff. The engfcefw^re l kept full speed ahead as long ,as f possible, ; until there was no danger of slipp'ingoff into ! deep water. Captain Malcolm was. T qu|te I quiet, and excellent order was kept. * ?Sofjie delay occurred before the.boat.wasi ,gotta>lt, but the women and children were safely j landed. Though a slight, temporary a con- 1 fusion arose through thceagerness^otyaome to get into tbe boats, there was nothing' requiring a word; to be Spoken to quiet them. About two hours after, strikingidhe cfl&fi officer was despatched : to TaurangaLvi'The i vessel soon began to settle down afe;thßßtem, ■ aud all the compartments below. .the<deokj began to fill. Provisions had by this stMoe ; been put on the island for tbe people, and'in | a short time the Laucashire Lass and Warsj-. tah came up, and the captain put the women i and children* on board the la'tter,'oai.?fien the Siaffa steamer was sighted coming, and i in a short time all the passengers/ with suchi luggageas was saved, were, put on hoard her.! The passengers heartily; cheered /jCfajjtain'' Malcolm as they were leaving,', He, having | electedto remain by the l ,wfeck;afl,nighty The ship was three miles but of 'her, course! when she struck, and it is supposed she' drifted when anchored. The "fog waa' so' thick that the land could not be. seen' until! within a few yards off. The vessel lies on! her port bilge. She cannot possibly be got off, though some of the cargo may. be saved if the weather keeps calni. '■ " ' ! ' ' j t
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 278, 30 November 1878, Page 2
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