The Mignonette Disaster.
Mr J, Matthews, of ttehen Ferry, the foster-father of Richard Parker, the victim of the Mignonette disaster, has been m London with reference to an offer to erect a memorial to the '• tnemory of • the deceased. Ha was accompanied by William Parker, « Dick's Brother," and Mr V. Tho'ibpsbn, arid it was decided to j ac"eepli a' headstone and fooi&tone, which \»y the consent of the yicar will be placed iii l^ear Tve,e-greeri churchyard.; The inscription "greed upon will notify the name and age of the deceased, 1 and will s^tethat hc L died at sea on July 25,1884, after nineteen . days of terrible sufferings 'in an open;' boat m the tropics, after being wreckedJiUbe^ignonette. The stone will also bear' the text from Job, " Though he slay me yet will I ivust m him," suggested by the vicar, and, by the : request 6t the poor lad's fiien'dg, the prayer of the martyr Stephen, " Lord, lay" not this sin to their charge.'* ; There will also be a memory portrait inserted, executed from a photograph of the brother, William Parker, ''■ at the. ftg© of 17 years, he bearing a f trong resemblance to Richard,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 136, 19 November 1884, Page 3
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194The Mignonette Disaster. Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 136, 19 November 1884, Page 3
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