SHIPPING CASUALTY.
EIGHT LIVES LOST. BENZINE BOAT ABLAZE. VESSEL RTXN ASHORE. i, ONLY ONE MAN SAVED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. News has been received from Cheviot that tlie coastal steamer Tainui, a vessel of 128 tons, which loaded a cargo of benzine at Lyttelton yesterday for Wanganui, was beached at i o'clock this morning on fire at Gore Bay, ofT the Waiau River. The Tainui is owned by the New Zealand (Refrigerating Co. She has a crew of nine. The master is Captain J. C. Cowan. A Wanganui wire received states that the body of a man has been washed up on Gore 'Baj r beach. LATER. The Tainui is ?. complete wreck. Eight lives were lost, "only one member of tlie crew heing 6aved. Following are the names of the crew:— Master: J. C. Cowan, Wanganui. Mate: W. H. Stevens, Wanganui. Engineer: E. Ereenwood, Wellington. Firemen: A. Fuller, W. Townsend, Wellington. Sailors: C. Williams, D. McLean, J. Haward, Lyttelton. Cook: W. Farrard, Wanganui.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 220, 16 September 1919, Page 6
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