MARINE TRAGEDY.
V , ; TAINUI BURNED. ' ' EK3HT LIVES LOST. j News has been received from Cheviot j that the coastal steamer Tainui, 12S ; tons, which loaded a cargo of benzine fat Lyttclton yesterday for Wangauui, was beached at 2 o 'clock this morning, on fire, in Gfflrosßay, off tho AVaiau . river. She was owned by tho New ! Zealand Refrigerating Company. Eight lives have been lost, only one I member of the crew (MrW. H. Far- i rand) being saved. j VESSEL DEVOURED BY FLAMES. Later, j The Tainui is lying broadside on tho , beach. She was devoured all day by flames, while overhead a dense smoke <has blackened the sky. The explosion , must have been, terrific, for heavy timber and wreckage, splintered and , twisted, strews the shore. Five bodies have been washed ashore, j Three have been identified as Green- ; wood, Townsend, and Fuller. There were no marks on the bodies to indicate they had been injured by tho explosion. Captain Cowan's body has not yet been recovered. ' The inquest opens at 1 p.m. to-mor-row, i i ! I
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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 17 September 1919, Page 3
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177MARINE TRAGEDY. Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 17 September 1919, Page 3
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