THE TARARUA DISASTER. Recovery of Thirteen more Bodies. [ BY TBLEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Dunedin, Sunday.
The Times correspondent telegraphs from Wyndham on Saturday that thirteen more bodies have been recovered. Five were identified, namely, John Seoone, Alexander lUe, William White, Eoberfc Shaw, Rnnsell Marsh. One is the body of a man about fifty years of age, five feet high, stout built, light beard mixed with grey, heavy boots with heel and toeplates, dark coat, light coloured trousers. He had a miner's chamois bag. Ten bodies have been interred in the Portrose cemetery. A number of bodies are now coming ashore. It is determined to bury them Within an enclosure of an acre of land near the scene of the disaster.
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Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1381, 10 May 1881, Page 2
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119THE TARARUA DISASTER. Recovery of Thirteen more Bodies. [ BY TBLEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Dunedin, Sunday. Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1381, 10 May 1881, Page 2
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