THE TARARUA DISASTER.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 140, 14 May 1881, Page 3

THE TARARUA DISASTER.

ctca^s'frbidVimostceriuD'cleiithlthrougb persousjcb&ncing-. their-mind-before-the i >Tn«Jjffi^%ini(ia^| | -,^| j^*^niitirß'"lrt!Jfti"' irifiri"-" ; tiondfl .amongst thope who were probable passiiigen* by: the Tararua, Mr. 0. G: ArAtfbtff Itffdr;^ .the DaUy Time, that Mr. Haghe* had jntende^taklitg bis der. parture 111 iKp ', but ■ wai adrised to go to ports, and l«ft by^the Rotoni'ahana the day beforei tb« ! 'T«raru'* iailed on her finale ▼ojf«fifa^vJ«»«9s?« r P»!ri;traye]ler s *ho! waßv ri progj»«ding^ 7 taA Melbourne 1 srar In doupjjwketa^ne should take thestiameV at Gbalmiri*F:at.^ne'-B]uff. 'His son, aged 16, mindful of the parent's dom^ fort, i^|>ai^ji.Bwytbin^for-:hHn^O: leavt early m the mornirig. by , train for satisfadfionJJ |^»flr«ig_ thatjhi|.fager f is An Invergajgjlkpbotp^aiP^ • !h «8.. yi ?i sited the Mene of the wreck, and has not only puofograpEecl the place and the res-

cued ü but also tht. dead. Some of the pictures are said to present a most revolting appearance. , '.;; The folly of ; carrying large sums of ■ nrtneyjja place of bank drafts is, pointed out by aMoorrespdndebtdfMei^^^i Times. A number of thttge who were lost took coin with them," which would have been lost even had they .escaped with their lives/ Thereis not th«'flightest chance of the money that was lost being recovered, andmahy a widtw and orphanwillifeelthewaat of it. >jNqtßng isjsimplerlhan' letters of " credit from a bank, or m many^oases • the eoupaniea are glad to take care of money for passengers; pving:thefeainbte%f )U&£Jd& their agents at the end of the journey, and the cost of a few shillings ptr ctnt. perhaps., , ; -. ■ : ir , -:■:,,,., -, yvw v ! All the seamen declare everything pessible: was drae <by tht'stcbnd mkix with a view t«, saving, life. , Denz, wound up his evidfciici' eminiticaUy 1 ttiut,' ic tt^afi ;: th|e steamers m England -had been there they e«uli not have saved a somi from, th« Tarfii& after twelve Vcldck." 1 ; ' The ketch Good Templar left for Waipapa yesterday, taking bouts and a party of men to the scene of the, wreck,;, . j The Goverament ii|^end .at, oe* to commence diving operations at foirthe old silver.