The Tararua Disaster. Hardships of the Police whilst Recovering the Bodies. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Dunedin, Last Night.
A volunteer from Invercargill, who went to Waipapa to aid in the recovery of the dead bodies from the Tararua, gives a graphic description of the hardships of the work. Three policemen had to sleep in wet clothes for days, and run about in bags whilst their clothes were drying. The odour from the dead bodies sweltering in the sun was perceptible a quarter of a mile off. They also make complaints against Stewart, the representative of the Union Company at the wreck, on account of his stinginess and general disposition to make things uncomfortable all round.
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Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1384, 17 May 1881, Page 2
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116The Tararua Disaster. Hardships of the Police whilst Recovering the Bodies. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Dunedin, Last Night. Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1384, 17 May 1881, Page 2
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