Wreck of the Taiaroa

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2270, 14 April 1886, Page 2

Wreck of the Taiaroa

e 33 Lives Lost. (United Press Association.) Wellington, this day. The Waihi with tho captain and those isaved l in -his''.boat' from the wreck of the 'Taiaroa, arrived .from Blenheim last evening, Very little additional information has been' elicited, but it is known that ■ there wero';five Jiyomeii on board the illfated vessel. These wero Mrs Fitzgerald, Mra.'Jesso Game, and Mrs Gibbs, saloon ; '^,ep^ei!j.feomf.^^ingtoh'a; steerage passenger, name unknown, and'' the stewardess (M. A. Browne). . y,.. ; So far as can be ascertained those on : Jaoaiil iiumbo f prty-s ev en, b eiiig twenty passengers and twenty-seven of the orew, thus leaving thirty-three drowned, ■ .. 'Arrangements aro being made to send tho Graftonto: the wreck .to-day.. Mr Fielder, chief steward, will boa passenger in order to identify the bodies washed up on the beach. An attempt will.also be mado to get possession ot the mails, which are stowed away in the afterhold. •. ; No date has yet been fixed for tho magisterial enquiry, W'V ■:. Captain... Bendall will commence the work of saving the cargo to-day The.Taiatra.will.be sold.by auction on Thursday.. /'/. . ; Kaikoura, this day. ■; Tho. Underwriters refuse tho abandonment of the Taiaroa. It- i 3 believed efforts will be made to get her . off. There is but little movement in tho steamer. At high watertho seas wash over tho deck but with.little force. . -Ui ■■■