WRECK OF THE FELIX STOWE AT OTAKI.
THE MASTER, CHIEF OFFICER, AND* TWO SEAMEN DROWNED. The police received the following telegram yesterday morning :—“ Otaki, Sunday, 9 a.m. —The barque Felix Stowe, of Harwich, from Newcastle, bound to Lyttelton with coals, was blown on shore this morning at the mouth of the Otaki River. Messrs. Jenkins and McDonald, with a party of natives, put off in one of the ship’s boats found ou tho beach, and brought off the captain’s wife in a terrific sea. The ship is not hurt, and is likely to bs got oft at 10 a.m. A boat manned by Maoris put off again to the ship, and returned with some of the crew. The boat capsized, and Captain Piggott, master of the barque, was drowned ; also Mr, Lament, chief officer ; A. Naughton, apprentice ; and Farrell, able seaman. The others came ashore in a most exhausted condition. The bodies are not yet recovered. The ship is driven up on the beach about 100 yards since 9 a.m., and at low water is nearly dry. The sea is smooth.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5475, 14 October 1878, Page 2
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181WRECK OF THE FELIX STOWE AT OTAKI. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5475, 14 October 1878, Page 2
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