Resumption of Inquiry. Wellington, May 1 .
The Taiaroa Inquiry resumed at 11 this morning. Constable McQuarters was examined. He stated that he was a sailor. He was the first passenger that got into the life-boat. They took in four women, and had he thought about twentyfive persons in thp boat. They lay astern of the steamer in comparatively smooth water for about two hours. Could see the loom of land on the starboard side, but not on the port side. It might have been two hours after she struck before the captain's boat went adrift. He thought it was about ten o'clock when a sea struck them and the painter broke. They rowed back, took hold of the warp and made fasr again. Half-an-hour afterwards the boat astern capsized, and some of the occupants got into his boat, filling it up. The next sea that came capsized them also. He swam towerds the steamer, and then turned and swam down to the other lifeboat, which was drifting bottom up. He tried to climb on her, and she righted herself. He and others then clambered into and filled her.
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Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 153, 8 May 1886, Page 3
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188Resumption of Inquiry. Wellington, May 1. Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 153, 8 May 1886, Page 3
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