Eighteen Lives Lost.
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Wellington, This day
Information was received at daylight this morning that the ship Lastingham, from London to Wellington, was wrecked at Jackson Head, Cook's Straits, and eighteen lives lost, including the captain and his wife. Later. The Lastingham was a ship of 1085 tons, belonging to the Shaw-Saville line, and commanded by Cuptain Alexander Morrison. The catastrophe happened while the vessel was running through the straits during the heavy N.W. gale on Monday night. The vessel struck on the main land at Jackson's Head, and as a terrific sea wag running, the ship soon commenced to go to pieces. The Captain, his wife, fire passengers, and eleven of the crew were washed away from the wreck and drowned. The remainder of the crew, including the first and second officers, reached the mainland, and I.were yesterday picked up by the ketch Agnes, which was passing through the straits, and brought on here. The vessel has gone to pieces. Beyond the Captain and his wife, the names of those drowned have not yet been ascertained.
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4885, 5 September 1884, Page 2
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179Eighteen Lives Lost. Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4885, 5 September 1884, Page 2
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