MORE LIKE BEASTS THAN MEN.
The forecastle and rigging were; soon crowded aad the vessel began to settle down. Presently an exploaion with a
deafening report occurred ia tbe forecastle, killing many and throwing othem into the sea. Luckily the masts held and remained some yards above the water as the vessel touched the bottom. From forty to fifty persons were rescued from the masts. Among the acts of valour at tho height of the gale was that of a British middy, who put off alone in a dingy for the purpose of rendering assistance to persons clinging to the wreckage. Another hero was a seaman on the ironclad Rbduey, who boldly plunged into the sea, and after a desperate struggle succeeded in saving one of tho women floating in the water. The divers who went down to-day report thab there are hundreds of bodies in the steerage and between the decks. Many bodies came ashore to-day.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 94, 24 April 1891, Page 3
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157MORE LIKE BEASTS THAN MEN. Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 94, 24 April 1891, Page 3
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