The Marine Disaster at Mokou'

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7937, 28 September 1905, Page 2

The Marine Disaster at Mokou'

Ho More Bodies Found. An Inqiest. Aecurding to telephonic message lcreeeived from Mokau on Wednesday evening, there is not much more information available concerning the wreck of the scow Moana, on the Mo*u b-oaeli. The searcli [or the 'bodies of the crew* was continued on Wednesday, the beach being patrolled for a distance of ten utiles north of the spot, where the vessel was found kee up on Monday morning. ,JfL ar ,° ilHlications "'at the vesc,, ,1 w , No furll,cl ' March could be made 111 the interior of the hull, owing to the tides and Uic siltj> U P ot sal "l round the hull. One of the two bodies found is reckTln b M that °' Swanson, an able seaman on the vessel; Sri °Tho h °j 7 has " ot l,ccn "'catil ; Tllc /'<% supposed to be Swanh lrh/ S ti .. aman r '" in height. The otber body is that of a man aoout 6ft, of very heavy build. On Wednesday afternoon an inquest as held a t Mokau oil the two recovered bodies, and a verdict of "Found Drowned" was returned. The bodies were buried the same afternoon, the, majority of the residents attending to pay a last tributs of respect to the memories of the men who had met such a tragic eiid. A pictorial postcard was picked up on the beach. The card was stamped with a name like Brckfort, a town in Denmark. On] the card was the description of the opening of some public buildings by Rovalty. Captain Plunket, 'of Auckland, representing the Underwriters' Association, was cxpertcd (o arrive overland 1 at Mokau on Wednesday evenevening.

Captain Jones, who had command of the Moana, was for some time the master of the scow Whangaroa Wi th regard to the search for bodies, it is possible that some of the bodies might have been carried south and east up on the '.jcaeli south of the river.