THE LATE BOAT ACCIDENT.
In yesterday issue we gave a full though concise account of the particulars of the, boat accident, as far as was then known. The harbor boat, and steamers Te Aroha and Fairy both went out, and returned aftetan unsuccessful search for the bodies. The To Aroha, however, brought back with her the Colombo, which had been found in some four or five feet of water. They raised her and baled her out, and returned to Grahams town with the yacht in tow. All the sails were set as we described yesterday. This morning, at the request of some of the relatives of the missing men, a detachment of the Naval Brigade, under the command of Capt. Wildman and. Lieuts. Gavin and Lawless, left the Albert street wharf in the gun boat to make a thorough search.
The party were provided with two small flat bottomed punts with which to go over tho flats where the Victoria could not float. Mr Spencer also took out his little steamer, the Memsahib, to assist in the search, so that if the bodies, are lying anywhere about the flat they will probably be found. In both the gun boat and the Memsahib were some of the Star carrier pigeons, which will convey tho news to town if the bodies are found. The ill-fated occupants of tho Colombo all leave wives and families to mourn their loss. MrG. De Thierry was a son of the well known Baron PeThierry, whose name is a land mark in the early history of the Colony. Mr DeThierry was of an old French Royalist family, and was married to a native woman, by whom he has a large family. Jonathan Thrupp was by occupation a miner, but having meapacitateclhimself from hard work by an accident in the Piako mine a number of gentlemen subscribed and purchased him the Colombo. He leaves a wife and five children. James Benney who went to assist Thrupp in the management of the boat is well known amongst the mining community here, and leaves a wife and three or four children. The families of Thrupp and Benney are, we understand, wholly unprovided for.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2958, 8 August 1878, Page 2
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363THE LATE BOAT ACCIDENT. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2958, 8 August 1878, Page 2
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