THE PENGUIN WRECKED.
STRIKES TOM'S ROCK AND FOUNDERS.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
THRILLING EXPERIENCES AT MIDNIGHT.
THREE HOURS ON A RAFT. GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS BY SURVIVORS. ) i ' Between 5 and G. 30 o'clock ,on Saturday morning telephone messages were reoclvod by Mr. W. A. Kennedy (manager of tho Union Company),' and Mr. W. Ri Morris (Aotlng-Sooretary of the Post and Telegraph Department), stating ! that the. well-known steamer Penguin, of the Union Company's fleet, whilst bound from Picton to Wellington, had foundered on Friday night in thick weather off Tom's Rook, a submerged obstruction of nautioal notoriety, which lies about a mile and a half on tho mainland about three miles on tho Wellington side of Capo Terawhitl. The messago stated that it was feared there had been - a serious loss of llfo, and that tho survivors were sheltering at the homestead of Mr. J. M'Menamon, ownor of the Oterangi station. Subsequently it was loarned that tho vessel had struck--.Tom's R OC k at a little after 10 p.m., and had. foundered In deep water close by at 10.53 p.m., by which time everyone had been fitted with lifebelts, and had left the ship by tiia boats and rafts, 'leaving only a few to jump Into tho,sea as the vessel plunged to the bottom. Tho news of the calamity spread like wildfire through tho city, and soon bo1' jsame tho sole toplo of conversation. Tha .relatives and frionds of those on board hurried to the Union Company's office for news, "pathetic in their olamour for some definite Information as to whether tho passengers in whom they were specially interested were among tho quick or the,dead. Mr. Kennedy dlspatohed blankets and provisions by motor car by way of Makara, but as they had to bo packed fro m there to M'Menamen's on horseback, they did not arrive at the homestead until nearly midday, by which time most of the survivors were well on their way to town via the boaoh and Island Bay. ' The first intimation of the disaster had reached the homestead at about 4 a.m., a party of tlireo men, who had landed from one of the rafts, having located the placp Just before dawn. Mr. M'Menamen at once dispatched messengers, to Makara to telephone the bad news to the city. ' j At first It was rumoured that only 13 were saved out of ..those on board, but more reliable news received from the survivors placed the number of saved at 29 out of a total of between 90 and 100 souls. As Archdeacon Far.court stated at St. Paul's Church yesterday morning, this Is probably the most appalling < shipwreck which has taken placo so olose to Wellington. More disastrous wreoka have ocourred in other parts of the Dominion, but this one comes home 'to us with grcator force, beoauso it has ooourred almost at our own doors.' Full particulars of the occurrence aro given In the graphic narratives of Captain Naylor and other survivors, which we print below. THE PASSENCERS AND CREW. The following is tho leviscd list, supplied by tho Union Company, of tho passongere who aid faioun to have been on board tho ill-fated vessel:— \ From Picton—Mosdamcs Brittain, C. H. Hale, Hart and child. Trice; Misses M. Doran, M'AUov, Ribbands; Messrs. G. Bridge, C. Bird, A. E. Bono, R. Ellison,- W. 1 H. Greeh, G. H. 'Halo, L. T. Hogg, Holmes, Harold, S. Ilolcroft, E. Matthews, T; H. 1 Riggs-Miller, F/ank Shaw, Undernood, N. Whito, Woodward. Total, 24. From Nelson —Mcsdamos W. R. Symons (and maid), Toomer and child; Misses Jennings, Masuire (3), Symons ('!), Toomer, Hunt, Nodine; Messrs. O. Chappell, Troadee," Johnson; R. Jack, Shaw, Keith'Williamson, Seed, Coumbo, G. E. Perkins; Master Maguire. Total, 23. ■ • '-''~ Total number of passengers known to ha V o been on hoard, as per official list: 47. ' The full list of tho vessel's orewisas iindor:—Captain F. E. Naylor; deck officers: chief, AV. A. /M'lntyro; second, Fr Driscoll; third, G. A. Loosomore. Eugineors: chief, R., Xlrquhait; second, W. W. Luke; third, W. S. Rontoul. Purser, A. R.iThompson;i chief steward, C. Alexander; stewardess,] Mrs. C. Jacobs; forocabin-steivardess, Mrs. IIopo; tecond,steward, B. Watts; forccabin stoward, M. Keys; mcjsroom' 'steward, , Cooko; saloon waiters, Em6st Crook Claydon; bedroom stewards, J. Hull, TV. Reo9, .and D. M'Cormiok; ohief cook, D. Lynn; second cook. Edwin Hall; pantryman,. C. Jones; second pantryman, — Wcllum; scullion. Henry .M'Guiro; boots, G. Francie; boatswain, T. Heyes; ablo seamen: C. Westacott, G. Fa'rrell, Bowman, E, Gale, Henderson. C. Jackson; ordinary seaman, Sncllgrovo; doiikeyman, G. GafTra; , greasers, — Raferty and F. Wicktoun; •firemen, C. Fairbairn, J, Ward) — Piorno; trimmers, J. Conio, —"Barnes. Total number of crew: 41. • < ' In addition to tho above aro tho following, whoso .names do not figure on the above passenger list,'but concerning whom definilo information has been obtained: — Mr, and Mrs. Ilannam,'and four children, Mr. A. Hopkins, T. Allen,_ and' C. E. Downes—o more, passengers, making tho total number on bonrd at the timo of tho disaster: ' , ' Passengers ...\ .< 56 ■ , > Crew ... -' '11 Number on board 07 , ' These figures are subject to'correction. , , I,' j THE SURVIVORS. The roll of tho surviving passengers and crew is as follows :— . Passengers. MRS. HANNAM. E. MATTHEWS. A. HOPKINS. FRANK SHAW. R. JACK. LEONARD HOGG. ROBERT ELLISON. ' v G. PERKINS. WM. HENRY GREEN. ' T. H. RIGGS-MILLAB: 'GERALD BRIDGE. C. E..DOWNES. ' ' T.ALLEN. ' ' , Crew. . CAPTAIN NAYLOR. '' R. WATTS (steward). \ W. W. LUKE (second engineer). M. KEYS (stoward). > ' A.'R. THOMPSON (purser).' D/LYNN (chief cook). '■ ' G. FAHUELL (ablo seaman). O. JONES'(pantryman). ■ 0. JACKSON (ablo seaman). J. HULL (steward). F. WICKTONN (greaser). W. REES (stoward). F. WICKTORIN (greaser). D. M'CORMIOK (steward). ' ' ' —. PIEKRIE (fireman). G. FRANCIS (boots). Total numbor of survivors): 29. THE DROWNED. It is to be feared that all of the following have lost their lives: — , • ( > , Passangers. MRS BRITTAIN. , • ■ MISSES MACUIRE (3). ' ' C. BIRD. MASTER MACUIRE. A. E. BONE. ( ' MISS NODINE. C. CHAPPELL. ' ' MISS RIBBANDS. —. DORAN.' ' MRS. W. R. SYMONS AND MAID. ' —. TROADEC. MISSES SYMONS (2), —. COUMBE. —. SHAW. ' C. H. HALE. —. SEED. ' " MRS. C. H. HALE. MRS. TRICE. S. HOLCROFT. ' MRS. TOOMER AND CHILD. MRS. HART AND CHILD. .MISS TOOMER.. ». / MISS HUNT. '• —. UNDERWOOD. —. HOLMES. H. WHITE. —. HAROLD. —. WOODWARD. ' • MISS JENNINGS. KEITH WILLIAMSON. ' —.JOHNSON. " —. HANNAM AND' 4 CHILDREN. MISS M'ALLEY. Total number of-passengors missing (subjeot to correction), 43., Crew. R. URQUHART (chief engineer). c. CAFFRA (donkeyman). W. 8. RENTOUL (third ongineer). — RAFFERTY (greaser). W. A. M'INTYRE (chief officer). C..CAFFRA (donkoyinan). I F.'DRISGOLL (second officer). J. WARD (fireman). . c. A. LOOSEMORE (third officer). j. CONIE (trimmer). C. ALEXANDER (chief steward). — BARNES (trimmer). ' , Mrs. C. JACOBS (stewardess). EDWIN HALL (second cook). Mrs. HOPE (stewardess). HENRY M'CUIRE (soulllon). T. HAYES (boatswain). — WELLUM (pantryman). C. WESTACOTT (able seaman), 0. CLAYDON (pantryman). , ' — BOWMAN (able seaman). ' ' — GOOKE (steward). E. C ALE (able seaman). ERNEST CROOK (steward). — HENDERSON (able seaman). Total number of the crew missing (subjeot to correction)—2s. Out of a total number of 97 persons, thoroforo, 68 havo, as near as can be ascortainod, lost their lives; only 29 have survived.
, : THE IDENTIFIED DEAD, The process of Identification Is necessarily slow; tlio following Is the list available up to the present:—R. Urquhart,.chief engineerj W. A. M'lntyro, chief officer; Mrs. Hope,,fore-cabin stewardess!'- , '-.'Mrs.tJacobs, ,stewarde3sj C. Bird (Wellington), C.H. Hale (Wslllngton), Mrs. C.H.Hale (Wellington), — Rogers (plumber, Newtown); John Sesd (Srishtwater?), A, E. Bone (Wellington), Master Maguire (Wellington), Miss Maguire.(Wellington), ■ H.Shaw (Wollington), W. H. Henry (Linwood, Christchurch), Miss , Mary Doran (RonwicUtown), — Falrbairn (Seaman '/), F. Orisooll (seaman), Mrs, W. R. Symons (Wellington), Misses Symons (2) (Wellington), J. Barnes (trlmmor), 'Mrs. Hall, 'Mrs.. Bishop, Mrs. Toomof.v ,;..-■■,. .-'. '•': ~ .■.■.;■■■;. ;: -- ■■'■■■-':■■■■ v.,--;;-.'- ■:' •These: names not appear In tho lists of passengers and crew, ';• -^
' THE CAPTAIN'S NARRATIVE. HOVT TlfE DISASTER HAPPENED. VESSEL CARRIED OUT OF ITS COURSE. A graphic account of the mishap was given :.- to a Dominion reporter by Captain Naylor, who reached tha city on horseback at 11.30 o'clock on. Saturday morning. , Hia narrative was as follows:- —. ■ "We left.Picton at 6.20 p.m. and entered the Straits at about 7.60 p.m. Tha weather ; at that time was fairly clear. Half way 'across it began to get .very thick.' ;As there was, amongother'things, a big : : southerly: set,', a courso,. which 'should, have: kept tbo vessel well clear, was decided upon. :We expected ; to pick up Pencarrow light a littlo before 1C o'clock, but it did not come in sight.- After 'wo had run .'a. short difitanco, as tho weathei. ,- had become very thick, I turned tho vessels. head out. . ■ ■ "Only a brief period , elapsed. when the ■ vessel;, struck iwhat. I believe ,to >be .TomV: Rock, which is an pbstruction lyinfe about li /milea, off tho' ; mouth : of-. tho Karori Stream. By tho'feel of tho irapact l should say; weslid ..alongside the , rock.ilmmedi-. : ately" tho vessel struck I turned. her head . further out.': As tho' coast is rockbound, to;:', have attempted .to' beach tho .vessel, would have resulted in the loss of all-lives, -.Upon, the pumps being sounded it was found that water was making in No. ,1 and No., 2 h'olda.v Tho water gradually gained On the, engine ;:!; room pumps.; !' So adverse,were theycohditioh*.!; thdt wheri' I'^ried'to; get the'vesseliih-a "good position; for- 'the .'lowering -of' -the;! boate the .man'!at !the wheel;wasthrown' from his'!p'ost; I '. "Without 'dclay,;tho. boats ;were.'swung : ;out' and/tho women arid children placed in them, and tho; rafts, were got ready. Some of the Women and ,children'!-,wero.naturally - much/ : affected, hut' cveryono', behaved,, most ,admir». v : ably. ; , ■ FatOjOf the Lifeboat!!. ''."From.; 10.20,i'tvhen .the", 'first; two... boats-'; 'w'erfe lowered^''there waisfa 'My.,:instructions ,te tho r meiit* in ;charge of . those , boats worn :te keep out 'and allow; the : flood ;! N tide, to;carry them round- in-.;the,direction; of Oliau Bay; . I do.'not''think. thftt:;when: ; tho,ship! .wpnt .down they were hear enough to ;; bp carried under by tho vortex. Of ! course I cann6t,tellj' ; becauso .1 was in;the watef..a< : .. tho time. ' : i;!!:!! 7 ! !' : ;.:;"!-'0 : ;.!-!-j; "Then;another..'boat containing..a.rowing crew, sonie 'iiiqii and'' women, Awas;;lowcred, but it* got - smashed ';inXalohgside: thp! vessel, i, 'and the ;oectipants ; were, thrown r into .the. water. :As .far as.)s. known;: everybody was •hauled back on to the vessel, -The occupants.; •woro-.thenaccommodated 'iff; another - boat,' "which' got safely away. ; Efforts 'toutilise an- ' other boat wore unavailing. ••/. - ,- v.: ; ;','Whonv it:..wap-:'Seen ■ .that/. tho vessel waa. about 'to - founder,. the few remaining; malo, . passorigorg !and■tho.:ofDcers,and ; crew- were cbl- J : lected. .' It' must*have- been about 10.52—.; .'s'ovor'iili'wa'tcheSj'Mndiidijg-:iny.; ■own,-.-:'stopped?"! *»mm'enced-'t(i,>; ,settlo' b'y;the head.'. Just 'before sheiplungeo ; <; wo ■ all mado. a ''jump • for--the.-rafts. .As 1roso, to tho surface I get .'a mouthful - of v water. \ , How the Captain and Crew Landed, ( _'|lt ; wasfjiotvlong; before some :wrei(lraga ; came,' my way;' 5 Shortly afterwards I got -.on ' to an upturned damaged boat. I picked l up. a passenger, whoso name I do not -know. Ho was formerly; a'Btpward- ui:":theemploy of!, tho company, and I had met-him before. .1think ho was at.ono time oh the s.s. Patcona. ;Oa the:way to the shore tho rafts were sometimes {ahead;'and ; .sometimes,-. astern;' of us,.. and, the;, last boat;, which was utilised: was also 6eon at times'. . ; -." The boat that. my coni'paniori and 'I- were;,' clinging" to ieceived a terrible" "buffeting,: lost; our ;.hold-several-times' ,lowing;; to the seas, toppling it over. When-ivo got , .closo .to the-reef -wo-experienced still;'worso .looked!:aibout ; after:; wo had been'-thrown clear - onco : again j ; my oompanion• wasnowhere to be scen.' It'would, bo about S. o'clock-rono • hour land a■half,,;bof6re': I: reached , the';. ( shore, ocqupants of tho rafts who pot . 'ashore;, before •' hie also' - had a very .trying time.; When the rafts got closo to shoro they 'dhpsized'timo'-and. again,':. But, :a'B far ' as I .know, all who left by "■ the rafts got : ashoro : '8afe1y.7.;;1,-'linowithat! all •on'one.raft-landed,all-right. • :; There, were, I think,. about. a dozen on : each raft. I had/been on tho bridgo all ;the ' w.ayj ,and;;at,tho:;jamoriof the! mishap . third offlcor.;;was- also i'!;TlibViseoond; - ' !enpneer' was!!in' charg;e"bf '.that'.'department. but. ho was immediately joined by _ the' - chief ; .'engineer,. 11 liad, -a !corivertotion'With' : tho:;cbief engiheer. jiist"' Jabbut-sa;'.'coupkfof;'minutos:ibefo !tKe'.^unge'!;!:.;;v'';;;;VV. : ; ] J Survivors Hospitably Treated. i•:!";'' Tho. first. raft landed convenient •to. a; hut r.ear Terawhiti. We—the occupants of . the'' other!.'raft -and, shelter in\ some 'scrnhV. where.Xwe , all ; ]ay.! huddled to-|! gether , in the !'grass ;Besidesi--. several passeiigors, .th'ere:-were-on! the ■ rafts y a'number of. members of tlio crew, besides j fiMmen'-.and'':engiiifr«K»m : -.-han^.v';-OTen.;'we'! : 'all were;, troatjedi most: hospitiably. -largb. fireswcrb lighted, and wewerotold to help ourselves to clotliing of all kinds. In the way of; :food thero.was an abundance o?>tea and'eoffee, bread and butter, etc. Tho 1 people- at' tho \ station could not have been -kinder to- us;, ; Even; a! pair.; of boots; was' given; to. me. there.." When T! left! !tke :soenb of the- wreck the. onlyj 1 .. tivo bodies ; that'had iwere . of women." . ! j;!;!
';'":': i'/^TWELVE : .ON; ' A ; RAPTAi^;;•■-,;'■;'4i> : './vAmong tho'fortunate.few-nip survived the';:.: ■terribl6!!'esj'enenipfei-Qf;;Frida^\iugli|;^«w---Mr. 1 ':;...;v. Frank-Shaw;- for..many years a'.;i)iiairmacist;in';:;;: Blenhbimjiarid now, connected."-with, 'the: man-v.'.' ■> .agement of thb^Marlborougli. , .''Seraldi.'' v'.For; :; : . ■some' .months" past'.it' has beefr;Mr:\.Sbaw'sV- : f; : practicerto pay Week-end visits to his.wifb and '■■'~ ;' ' f a'niily, i'.who <resi.Sb': at .Kelburhe',. but■' tip. till:.' "a. ■last weck.he(hadialwaye : Saturday;-,;.;j night's boat frbm Picton. t<> Wellingtoniv.By■,-.;■'■..•; the'nibrest'chaneo'iei'resplvcd toUeayo , .a ,\ day. , ,; ■; :earlkfcon : ;t}iis • qpcaßionj' ; and went'-by;.the. ; / v. lEenguinAt,6:ls p,in. on Friday, ;.;-. was'dirty: oven in .the Sounds; .fierce; squalls.! -..: ■strait. ■It'.was fancied' by sbme : _v-. when a srn'all 6t^in^r , =•■:>; ■ ing i-atvTe'. Avyaitb;,"atithe;.Jo'ry..OhannelHeads;': ,: : 'biif he canio von'.v „ ■' Thb weather/ was"; so 1 ■ un-' :; ':]■ as the,vessel.got putsidoihij' heads',.most of- : : tho passengers.seildng-itJib.Seclusion that'-a ' ;«' .cabin grants in; p'riife'reucp to .facing'the, it-erous"'gale:.ab6v^i;deck!; , -3yiffi.-tne.ibtliers, ■■'"'• ■' Mr: .Shaw retifod/to' his. "cabiny aiid layvdown :^:; ron-liis;b'nnK'"vnth all his'cloihes and boots:on. : : :h loWger '^tim^>: : .v /;: 'might'ibe occapiedVon, theVtrij}, iwould' arrive in;iV^lingo^\wpll'.',b^lore^nMd-/-^' ; '.'.'i ; ; :night.'.\■:•■■•'*■■•■!■■:'.' y '>'-:-■'■'/■■?: !^C;r-^.'■ v ''V^:t-^:V;- : i'i/;;;'::;V!^;;-! i .;v'^; i A'.|Strangc-"Nolse.-,v:: i ;W';,;^";- : ';-:/■;: •■'■;. At, 10.30: p.m., when in !a recumbent'pos"*y.'; ■' tipn, : he -whs l .alarmod \by'.'a' strange'. :noist : '.='■■■ which : .re'vefl>erated..throiighout.the,.ship'.'.- \Ilv; v :was L: as: though,a : ch'ain/;\vas ; being ± pulled'- : '■; ,rapidly.tKrbugK'.a-'inefal'pipej out.as■ a'mattor-'.vv.'' ■of- fact-it';Was::a,rock ; tearing,a. rent;initlifv V.l sid%.:■' Afi?,r' 'Jhe',,raspmg, ; ,-'.rattlini, !: ;,': V.'h i'spund had ceased the slilp r 'sliivsred from; sten£':j ; ' -y *tb-stbrn;jn ; Ker distress.^]Kvruslied'.Aipfe"bn t:. ; ; deckjand^n-'reaching .tto'-'airth'oa'rd;iho\bap;.'.'•'■■?. ■.' itain jjshbuting'rtbp"; order-.'.lij ftflt.out ;tlio life*; \ ; boats, and to; distribute'.the. lli'obelt^;;,' It was v ; : ;'ft-'ihnllin^'.-inbinent".tq-hav.e:tb'nisti ; Bpßiv!'6hb-'':-- ! '. .thp knowle'dfic that' ho stood -upon-, a; sinking , . ■'.'■;■ .Bhip,; ; V(ith'death' by 'drowung: : a v f!iir.prolx - : : ; ability.: ! ; i; 'At.that timo it'..was .raining ,jind:.n'- :'■■■■' : ,-'sea , ::.was- ninning:.:;.lt.was:npt ;■':. ■ pitch;da'rkjvfbr. therei was v.'W. .behind :a". , 'thick..aggregation..- : of ;rain-cloud,V,Vv!> .making the.immediate vicinjt7':mistUy;msibloy.;,..:.Everybody ;Was ordered up oh dccki'raiidillrV:.';'..;; Shaw, rememberinpe aiad~of 16 'ybars,V;Noel.:.:'■'■■ went bolpw. tp; "gcts.i .; ; him, and;tho:,two returlied to'.t.ho, deck',and 'iVii-* donned, lifebelts' in.proparatipn':i.or^the'.'grea.t. '•*.-■?■ ■omergen6y;'-".,';-» i; /--'v-j'.';-. ; i'"-- , ;'.■;■.''.',-■•'■■'.'■ i■":'.,:/:; : i'-'&'. h^ ;^;; --T^ : F' r st;'Boat: ; "I was imv.deck: when ,was> ; -;i lowered.; "said r VMr..'-.Shaw.^ : . : v ■•->; ; "_lt.'was'.fllled- with :women andjchildr'&f and ■■?■ ■••'": nine.mbn'jto .'Y. away in'.charge;of-the.first 7 '.or;'secoiid'bfficor,'! ? :--.:■' I- forget twhich, mth . the Cpptain's;:' ■ tion 'to, keep out to soa, , which , was; awariK ■' 'jag 'that'if-' it : '-kept'. : 'inshbfe -thb.t probability;vi ■"- : .
;; ; ;-^ i :Was' r '.^ong"- 7 the p v:etrohge'sM" swimmer fl.ri :excifoment;laU ; ;dbing:.as' they v-^-weje^bjddeni^liout^word^ortquestion.': vl" Si {felt,/prbud/of ; {can/'tofilyou.-Tho' ?V-, ; Svpmeu'.behayedsjike i''bricks;\ Jand: the stew-;4:i"Bfdessyi:GW?:rest";her;ibu)^ibofe'hei,sGlf-.:liko fastening /qny.theulifobeltSjV'and ;-sV..tnlkuig'^ c;.i:"i,.aii'd;children)- s6*ipatheticaUy;:helpless;in this £{;facb{ /{Withbut : ;lbss;of, time' i'. tputitne'restVof ivthe '-women land (%^ien|"'.MdJ:'Mffie.''iin^fiii'.;.'thp'iVocona,' ; ]ife ; boßt' . r ;f Awhile vit; .was on' the. davits,- ; but /hardly; had sftv-tHey |;Ipwerediit , 'd6wn;: a'littlo,': when-one; of at'bne end' ?S/'{tp; sueh/arT angle/th'it:alli'werepreoipitated ;;;;5-intb^the.,;sia^(and; r Kalf:'bf.:ttom;:(about 15' K^or^ : drowned;/befbre.:'pur>.eye S .V: It fcK: yrair/anr awf ul-'s'ight I I White ; tho '' boat-lqad-g4in S hid ibeei gbing : oh;" about {eight Or •nine; yi: !detonatbrsshad t !been^firbd, ! :?aiid '■■ somei red bluevlights iwbre'. burned "as: signals of i-^S^istreM^^^ey^inight^havp /fired': fifty ' big LK'guns yfbr{rall.''the{'goqd;"it: waSj'ior'/the {wind. : '' J r'.eurlugVso ■ loudly {that'-wo: could{hardly/.hear ::";:'€aohpother I'spiaki"' and- tie' guns would'.not Ss;boiheafd; 'fifty' , yard 3 ;■&':■windward;-' ■:>-V :-?:.'/■■'■ •
* : /|Kvt;{^;: :^th6V'l^ /ffi'{^"/^{/"L,/;with/-'pthera, 'assistpd-,to,,unlash. ..arid ':f$ the/first-, arrange-, .'.buoyant /with/hietttl air cylin-. ilh J ■{;?;'-/ders-^while/;,others"': */were/{working;.;at.the' \ V? ?:Pj: 'vwiridTYard; teats;{:f;We,' ; i got , ; one ."-./aflo'atVall. ixi : £fi tight,V'andr'were-, , aft^:getting .'out .'■ another," &£.' ; -;H'^wEra\s^ s.rt{;/^^ /Ki;.i;/her{6teni:vbigh' ;; 'in;/ta is *:;?{";'Jwmpedrl/-sawAChto^ vVvSftT. ; -and? ; jump. o&tx 'i with ;ine,/ but /lie'ihbbk; 'hir head/in .refusal/ ! F^--'nl: : V. ' haay{ney{er.;.. {.drowning :;ajl ;:£r : i.' : '-':4\t^ JiiV^'-^'id^^^ '■ •'■;&/:'■££■ Bofebqine yetS'.l; am/'Spretty • g<tod'swimmer j: ls':'i. ■/>;■ end-dived thought ;VV5^: thb/ ! .;A^ ;ft '~'" : v'{steamer',i'and.l struck:put-to;get put-of/the ■';:':■'■■' [ ;'?',, threei'or/fpur fflinutesV.when I : cau'ghtYsight ■•■one;of/the,'rafts/. and;lvlostinp{time ii; •^*=.'^ ; o'S_ ? B^l ; t™gr"6h.;?t6p, s v. in. : ,-yrhi6li'c_l'Xiirßis. }aßßisilec| :'byj ■■■tfl ; :?/;^one-;'6f, the: stewards. V on' iiV;vii-. ! thb /a'^ime/^e #4"ti-Wd> ; if : ;i<ilxi : !?'-:-^vi;o^My;~y"^: v ;!V'.r./V ; V» ; By'v w v- :: :^w/^*;.-^ ; 'Naylor{hail \lasfr :feM : ;w : -V- ininuieA'ahd. : i Wβ: had. : not,: been long ;,afloat'. ;r^;;i^. v bnv-;.Athe.;j ; ,vaft;- ! ;cbef<^;:V;Wey'; i saiv:; lum; :S ; -fr,: ; :-v.grab*'thold/;;/ofXv 'tbe: : /-iVone. ?■' '^/' tit the if -boate'-;.' / whiohiit-hacl; ■ beenr --.smashed. v>2 ! ;4??^in: lowering pi ;the;iawkwardi(windward),sidey. 'helped;bn> ; :tc> 'his- crazy-craft ; -a 'poor; ?;/-,/^^, , >.:'Btoward : w , Hp had had Prie'pf;his Hands,almost £(&•"■ %' oevered. : from ; his. arm .the. vwrist by some .';;tv;a; : t means ! as. thbiigh'.be/Xthe-'stew- ■& ■■ -0 "ord);:^ajßi.\reak.'fromvloss;'- : 6f 'Wopiii' v'ThenVa: ?0?j: : :v';;hugegcurler;;caine aiodWHiurnirig 'A o\if ? .v.^iaftjrjghtbv^r tj: Xii ;i;WeVcould,\ allSswim: butV'one '. fellow|; and; Vail. , fivJiSS; jfianaged-r-tp'l scramble. :=b, ick^: again,*; but:-' tHe: I,"-.; Vip =7■ v ,irioideiili.'/was unfqituriate'.as!we;.loßi>V'mlr.-oars'" :i0: \ ;':i ;: : .'and; were" , any.; means' fe¥: ; guiding to■rafj;;clearqfythe' , rocks: tlleaii-; -,-'i;-iO , js;while , ithe : descended an/sneets^^and- tn'e ■;i> :''■£. morp ;we % ■: i>iri.'iboatrstiil ; bjolding:iUpVthe' nia;n.;he';h'ad>piqked-' %W : v% S ''^ e 'drifted. ; on ;bef werq: ;SJ-:s;;7;;:near;the -white s boat-'fontaining^tKe-women il;, '■;.;';i::;-and;chUdren^the;-'_fir8t;;,b^ : ?:p-,,-'•,.• <raft;i'rigb!t'.i'6ver ;again>addi;'Benfc-usrsprawlirig: % ':'■';.': ; j:intp;the'sef, ; iand s;S ;v i 1;v, v ;.-j:.terrible sightAf Wβ'managed; to Btruggle : back H'i;&v, again* ..without-.the, losStMv a'; man; ''and/again p ;ifi£ ?awitlie ;ski p'p'er, quite';iiettr?us,' holding: his wrevthefr: apprqabhih'g the'. f^'^ x . tfi 6;^wind-;.? -the jfirqar. s of;b : tne:i!i'sur| and'; s.:fK.i.?''!*i l^jl':S^)wa e;fioailing allikindsVbf/.wreiikage' 'i-H'o% •. 'fittings, ; ; cases,'*; and ■-■.oddsv'andi 1 : ;of i;all>;kinds;; ; ;'BhowingV :ttiat;(thb;v yeiss6l>' d)~ : yi : :-i;iaasji'^axe) .broken .up; pretty-badly .^yen I .in' , -w.that..short> , tiinej\ ; ':'At:;oM.tune;we"got'"Bb'near , . ;7*';;u S.the/'.captainv.that '$$] decided ,;tp:; attempt; to: ; '■} '■: '■V ':.'| ■., .traisfef;the' injured jtoward-tb;.the;raft, and' SJtbt.were just^aboutvteijdb^it^hen-oiice.more;the ' ;;^' '^'Wraft,' was; turned■;oyerj';-and';iii-we all;.went : nothing idauntedi : man. S|j'^tte o , S'=^. :i :''?-^ j^SsK' : i; :; -K ; H'i;ftSMn^(3tV I'gK^t'^fV^rfwbr^ Ws!&i lyingvirpeksv;a^; : -.weZ ; surgad !V.inshbre,..;';ai!d, ]WJ:':-./\ offered;.thanks toXavbiglToller.'iwhichilifted.us : %£?i';%;'. high-up': aid-, depbsite3 v the),raft/ well !;up,rbn : yviiSJthe 'enough i : tb' I; land;•';"■ with Put. ;«i.' Behind; ert. KSKOxting inf.the water Wiwart-high:iri'the;smaslied; r -'iirfi ■>; aboutf e'ad , woids he-;Bp'oke ;?.;.■ :i;V;^ae;;he'.ygqt}out:.;b^ :my : , Me iunfeftunate ! 'steward>Jiad. ••; £j r ? a'i big" . ; iea- i; :bnly;( fifty; Sfc;; v p i\yards;frp^ J'i*^^lande'd^a¥.;ahout':^im',v6y^a ■J>, :i /Bbme''.Bixt^nsfeet";wide7T-betweenithe' $£■%&, water; and theVbaee "of a;'.steep'".difl.;';...To stay ;-kv:'-W!';;'.^^^7P^d:';haye\;.b^ Vl', T::'ftthe; : skipp;er,' : ;as'the. oneMii'charge/'what:wo ;:ej;^i'! l W;;better:doJ.;iHe;Uaid^tha't; i we'; could : 'iipt' ; ; Btayf there. was; low;''tidfe/' anil Estopping Sr;>-'. thereVwoul^ e%iugh:of;the ; sea;.^;sufßc^ v;j; ; ; ;%,time./vThere>as nothing v fbr;it'>hut:;to:climb H>;;:;, : v '\ j/the/ cliff.;;This was'in'^arduous^matter^after l j;experience, '■; especially".aa'.'only 'three ; of had-'toots.;-;Y,Weia^ 1 4j;;;:5;.;MM©nameh'sistationi-;wHoh''we ; judged% be■ \ it-f but ;after ! 'wejhad iclimbed' ;;;*'; v'vi {: .a-torrace,.a.tasko not.; accomplished ££'\-&>'wHhputV:fe^\ ;.,;;'■-,.:;! to; .wet througK-'and•/pferishingly.'■cold;:■: '.we W.S;? ;:^u ddled;;vtogethor}trying : io.';' get,;; a/little' Y-r':y, ■; f ■warmthy-with'"very'.'small /success.''/ Daylight % dawned ;at 4.30, oiLihV'" ivS-.'i;i'°?t °t ! : sev P™} Wftttl ' '%*'>'*;< had kept; gpingp-a;good;"old :• Waterbury;'' My : '.:.- '■■■: ; :/;; repeated stopped, aj "seyfe^iminutes['to';il—-ifiJ-'S- ;tho ( .time;l jumped,'from tEe/Penguin"(here 'leyer/watch "in ; . sw ; ;-::.;-/corrobbratiori)v-:; Other/watches-tillM- with' ,':?'. : >: V mine; eo that we*ere;'in'the seaabbut.three i;i;.'.;; V'hbursiJiWe^tlien;.' left /!M^:;'lv;.Di^'s;vhbmSs^dJ>%Hich'-^wasV ; 'npt.'''Bb'%far. >■?>.?.• '/ :aw . a Dutjf^r ; ,enough;fpr, : us. .We.found thatwhichhaddrifted. £: ,V'./V.eshore a;mile.awayj; had;carried-thb| news to' i;:'" Sjif; the /homestead.... Mr:; ll'Menameii; dispatched' Wp':l : ; ?fl; *^' 0; i ;tb^itelephone %''"■" -/?■"- tho-rie*s';of the. wreck;.and. to;ask/for, assist- ;.'.;,<;■ iVi/arice/r.The""-niessage ;'to? the .• police,. i£i>s "id /thei'qffect/ that;- they ..could; ;O •.<■;;/.'not.do/ anything ■-until jurther'information: :^: /}- : /was:/; qbtairied:;-:,,,This ;;jiinlboked-fo'r;,; ! reply ti --''':i a ; gqod :-;"dealrbf ■,indignation 'imbngst; ;.-i;>:■,,■/■the .'survivors,; : >V,:v ":;■"■: .;;" iso asked -•; ■ l :-j. -J)' 01 .;.' a,. ■ man' ' and / >.a v ■;.". horse, and -set'. ifi- j.:.- to/.: Island;' Bay. ; J,tp ( : i/iepotiX: th^ ; ■//:/ V. full,:circumstances'bf the' :\vreck to the Union v;,; : Befpre.ho; left-'Mr/ ,;;.//;; ./i'M'Meria; men's ;ho; aslced us-all ; to i write'out '■C/ ...;/; t?'egrams.tp/our immediate:" relations, and. ":■ .■-:V.these.;be.dispatohedaeßopn;as;he arrived ati ■ -'r:: ,/.r../the.--|tay.'--.;' : .7. : . v ;;.^.v , --,.; ; ;.;//:.V;;.;v-:;;; '_"•■■:>. .": ; -'V" ■ ~ . >vv'^; 'and.:'bry.-,C lothies. >"r- -"«■ vi> T-!i"" : --''. '•:.;■: /' "Mri;'M'Mehamen, pfwhiml'cannot'ns'peak 'v-;.' ; ;';/v too.' ■ us/ all l , with dry -•clothes; of' vi..-./, /-■Avhich'lio has quitea store—pants aßd'uiidor- : '■;.',.;, ;■ ■ clothep- eiiough; tb : gb'i nearly round'the whole :■;;?*.■;,:::;party.;They were/ appreciated. //After/Aye had vv.':■'':." -a change tho'tired;party.BaVdowii-to'a'iglori--'. ■..;/}■ ';;' pus .breakfaßt>of 'boildd/. muttbn, : ./potatoes, "v'/V/'j! tba;:whisliy,/and_a Bucket;of milk.;A cow had: .;.;.";.;, been specially milked for us/ and all we. had : :'- : : ;.';; '■..tb:do;;was':to"dip':in,',to -get it'cupful of: jich' ;/;;//?:; : ;;warm';niilk..'rTliere;was/tpbacco, but'all of us: ..// :/:;had;lbst.our ( : pipes'in:tlie'tumbling about we i '>v -;;/;;. to.■' i ih-/the'';'sea,;i':iffer"'b'reak-' i :ip'\: , i:fastj 'thpsewlio had. , " i no'-...bbota^wlio^ere-in. ;;"!.■/,;/ a& .■'tt'iiJo.ntyJ'.'madoV.themselves/footwear .by ./ :v :;/:;;- tearing'.iip'Boino.Eacking/and.tyiiig" it round. f : V;:v'.'// ' : i : :■■■-.■'. ■'■'". [ vp; niost of the:party; nuinbenng ZSall'told,' , ".>/-.>•.-a 1 • folt/thby. worei fit enough to tramp/along the ;■/;; ; 'j, be'ach-Xtb' Island -Bay.. The:' exceptions were , r,. '. \ Mrs. Hannanil,' who /brought. her 'dead baby. ,-. ; ./.-,;-:;/ ashore'; witli,l'.er:(aiid : :iy/!o'''lpst''her: husband- ':/■/,;; end four, children), Wr.vßobort. Jack (travel-. '.-/;-." -■' \;.-;/ler for, John; Diitliie .arid;,Co.)/;wh6.had his- '.-.:;/;,; .;' legs rather..badly;injured, and aAwound , in thp ; /;' : /;;.v:';calf and the lad Matthews; (son of ■Vo'/;'"'/ , '''''-Mr:/Gharles ; -Mattliewß,'.'.-'-'o£.' , Ble'nheiin)/'rwbo" .;';.■:/;; was:coming to Wellington to bocbmo.a stud- -; :'' /ent at ,tho Victoria - College.: Before, leaving. vv'-. //''Mn'M'Menamen .was presented with a tosti-' '';. /';; "/monial*and given three oheers. .; . "■■■,. ■■•
?,:«. ;/-;v'- : : :/ : -'r, A Woary Walk. ' .\ : < : - : /-;/■;;/ "'."lt was ;a iittlb;aftor 9 a.m. ...when wo started .the-long : tramp, of about- 10,.miles I along" soft sandy beaches to. the Bay—it w.is like/fiO/.-miles'.'...Wβ straggled out in. a long line,/those/who were best ablo to go.taking, the.'lead,. tlie others following: iu the. order of ■their?condition,;' looking .almost comical . in ;'the.. sack/boots they.had,improvised for/ the. iourney.''. ; 'Wheiirioaring Island Bay...we...met some men/carrying knapsacks,, with brandy and eatables, who gave us great assistance for ,the?rest oftno.Tvay.. Mr. Ifred. yossbller and Mr.'Jjfanton- (of Ellis 'and Manton) .were espeoially, kind, the ibrm'er sticking to me until .1 roaonedmy homo. I cannot express my gratitude to. the gentleman. -Wo"also met two 'constables,-who had been■ sent out with ' blankets .and, stimulants'.' ■ On' arrival at Is-, land -Bay; some/;were '{assisted •■ to the-' tramca;rs and came into; town right away.': Others ,woht 'to/.the'-lßland ,'Bayi' Hotel and .were treated:most.hospitably.. Forthrebmiles this' side of .Mri/M-Menamen's the beach istl)ickly. strewn with, wreckage—-qhairs,; tables, - doors, cabin fitting's, 7 etc.', smashed into matchwood. • "When : the. party : left Mr.- M'Menameh's, E0m8;,14.0r16.-;bodies. had been recovered;. :others , could be / seen 'floating about.; in .the ■rocks/in,inaccessible places. -It >yas not muoh". /good sending out tuoArahuraor the'Ter'a->vhiti-so; long'after the occurrence. ./Neither .steamer; would ibe able to pick up. the liodies ■. as /thoy; were in ,the danger • /but ; they ■ mustVallcomeashore, -as; every man/ woman,/ and child was'fitted: with a lifebelt before : the Penguin ; plunged."' /:,\■"'.;_; ' V, ...:'- ■„■ v; • v lea Lighthouse Needed?.;.';.; , :: -Mr."; Shaw "was" asked if, he thought a light- , house.was.needed on'Cap'e.Terawhiti. ■Hβ said ;.'thaf if -therb; had been,ten'lighthouses along ; .the;cbast.'they .would neverbo seen.on such a ' night;as theyrhad,experienced. .In such continuous, blinding', rain nothing oould', be seen : /fifty yards^aiyay.';':Hβ would.not care to say; ;tßat a light. Was/needed at Terawhiti, '': { / STORYr ;S ; ACCOUNT. £% ; 'j/;^WE/HAVE^STiiuCK/A ROOK. , !'/; : ./■;One'.of ;thp '.iriost'interesting ■narratives in connection/with the disaster-is that which was ;'supplied';by : ::Mr;/;A. L.,, Hopkins,;.to'..a- ; whb: came., to New Zealand/.from Victoria about".;a '■ month"-* ag'bi : ' joined; the vessel ■• as:, a steerage:/'passenger.-at' : 'Picton,:liia. objective: being■.Wellin'gton.';.;.';;;.;.' . . ' .. ,'. . -■'/"When the/ misbap occurred,", he said/ "I >'as7^hg^.op'Vmy-.'_bunk; ; i fully.;di:essed."-.-'''The cabin/in. which -I had,a, berth , was/ on '.the starboard .'* : side/--of/, ship./..There was.-a ■ crasbjf-opposite "the ;; 'steward's'-' quartersj. and, .then'; the , -vessel';'momentarily- stopped;.:dead aß;if, : 'by/desigß.;:! : ;iVVe;did.; not: know what, to bcburred.tq/us;that the;vessel was being pulled;.up to'secu're a man .whohaa. fallen , overboard!V Sbmeqne.oame along,;and : . have struck r a;.rock.' .A'-fe-wv'df.-'iis-' rushedjon. deck,.'-but.;/a.i.steward-said . 'Go. 'back'to'bed,';itis%othirig-but;a rail broken.' , ; S6,we : returned to bunk. .;..'. . "■■' : '•'/ C-v (;;//•:''/;:/'< ~:.;-/ ■':;■''.,■:>'■-. .;.','., ~..-..'; /;;;/^!Cet;;Uß'''?sJFastj ; as You{Can."v,- '; X 'S ■.:■-;,."iTife.';had, : been/in 'jour'.'.cabms .for.about a quarter jot: an./hbur,Vwhen:a ■'steward,'rushqd: jalong.(calling but. : sharpiy::;'All:get l up ; as fast; jaS'you_cajjV '.;W,e':haye:struck ; a rocfc.V 'The 'call: was- npi. given l any,'tpb• sqon,j.for onjtirig up. Lfourid/that' water;was making ; its w,ay into our quarters .at a rapid rate. In/ /addition{to the..-water,': l which was ; making its. way; up from,' -below,'/ there /was avregular stream .down , the Jstairwayi. : ! .WKon', 1,/ was getting 1 out'the , ;, water was ankledeep. As'faras■:l:know;"there"were'no steerage-pa'sseugers ',fully\'undressed'/unless- the . cnildren' : were', 'No , ;time..yas.lpst{by;.the stewardesses in 1 get; 'ting.the'childreii-on , deck;:.■ Just as I- got on' ;deck'ftKe,imtial : -:step{s:'.w;ere'being, .taken. s to , .lowerj.'the; bbats.': y.Vefy.'few of the>.saloon; pas— sehgeysl'had;.cqme'cbn.deck. .■.So ■ dark, was .it, afctlie;ti&e/.that'-.6ne could not;see : more ; than ;20 yards! ;/Ther,e{was, a{very--thick'-:fog/also,. Vnd,//in{:addition, ythere. was rain.; right on -afterwards; .''/.'•Upon 'every! hand the/people, were.calmi.and;cheerful./:phly a,;few;>bmen ; f'alid; children*; ajmeafed 1 .to/be/, frightened;; For' myself;l; 'kiffiw. wliat.to thirik;/except '"that ; 'if.■ ■wef.'vper'e'"' ip' {there/could !be,nb.helping/it';;':.; Here, and/ithere;an• officer ..chatted'in^merry;..tones.witlvthe passengers.'Wheniyou re"ad;;aboutvthis in-'the,"morriirig , - -■paper's; , ; hbl iaid//' you will,'all.;have 'a - good laugh ■over-it.!; ;That it was ;a" laughing mat-, ter/: .was ,■;■'. however j'■ soon ■ anything : buti the" generaro'pinipn. 1 :' , ;- Said one" of the crewtq me: ;"Tjiatls"all/yery,iwe'll, -but I:'dqn'ti'like'the -looks; qf-.{things'at {all. •;/ ; ■";/{{■/':/; ; J- ; > /{{;■;;;{.{{>{,> '/Firstvßpat (Sets'-.'Away... : -.'; •;■-,- ':;\"Spme{inihute's later {the/first/boat,, con•taining.'about'.'23/women and: children,- got jindbr, 'the/care of; two,/or' perhaps r three.{ihenV fine style, but, after/.it.{had;-gone {about twenty /'yards it .disappeared/from {our "view,; At this -'stage',! : w.eh£;tb; have a {look ..down the stairway, be-'-'cauMVthe{Wssel--wa's v sinkin'g.fa-st,-by,.tne.headi"; 'arid- I'{cquld::'see ; tho-jWater. rising, rapidly.. iNbbody. with .whom :I talked seemed'to* know; ,in : {wh;at., direction; land /lay.; ,{While/1 ; was. 'about 'I/.'He'afdvnbthing/said ■ as:'), te-..' whieli, ;direc)iibn v th'e .bbat was take," but{ itseems:, to,'.me'.now, that /it/went to-leeivard-.' At/this:' stage, it,-,was quite-/clear »that-{the Vessel .would /founder within, .a , brief: period.' ,y;v;r ! -';/; ,Fa'te{of{;the'{Seoohti; Boat. /-■/ ; -{ '■{.■■-;{ c '•:. ''About ten minutes later, the second .boat; iwhich, was filled {with 'women arid children 'and-: manned'; by {two or .'three sailors, was ; lowered. /'Despite/all. efforts jto get it down {safely/she; was {stove-in/ - arid the boat : had 'no. sooner reached the water than it swamped, jaridthe occupants ;werov ; thrown. , into the •water;:.'Np.w;it'.waß;;that.we.all fully realised jour- plight, - for of the women .were {carried .away '{in front/of /our eyes. It took ,us/ fifteen {minutes.,. to' save: the woman. who; ■',hadiclung:tb{a'rope hanging from a'davit.' ";Only;'two..,or/ : tKree;wexe pulled/up' fromi the :Spbt{ where, the /.boat / was; lowered, but'' we were told 'that a very few were -'saved-'furth'er ;forwai'd.//Th'?ro{is every; to'• belibve. ■■.that/most/pf ;therii we're,lost. ';-It/was.j-.ripiy-'- : ab{out. 10:30,-and: additional.-rockets .^ere. sent ■upi : : Several/pf the' male ; passengers, including' myself,{-now., went, to..assist to get -the :rarts ready.;,' Just/about this; tinie a third jboat; 1 /containing {women : and children, gqt , safely; from th'bpther side.': We heard 1 that there .was. only onesailbr on .boardithis -boat; {-but{there may, have been a male, jpasseriger {to;-:',help;-him.' \ /Shortly •''afterwards ■ I heard soriie" one/say/that'the gig was awav. There/.was.now,nbt, a;single woman or .child ;qn .board. omplbyed .ourselves cut'ting ■away, seats: and every thing-that wpuld float, land throwing them overboard,.so that anyone ;who was nearby in/the 1 water could getsomo-; ■thing'tp;,help-them/to kebp up. : The vessel; which '.was -getting low in ; the water at' .the ■ bows,; also, .had ■ a, considerable' list.; ,'■■ Some of the 'survivprs: remained, .on/the lower deck, but{most..pf;u| i ;;went{up on to the s.un'.:deck. '/'■; '■';■'■: Final Scene yon the Ship. \ './''.. "W,hen',the..vessel had sunk to the funnel "we;got orders.tq,,be, ready to ship. On the sun deck it was.impossible to distinguish be-' •tween-passerigors,and crew,, because all had been working, and most of us were not fully dressed.. Someone went .along' and cut the ;ropes , .round the remaining , ; boat, which now ;had Beyon holes- in it. ;only a minute or two , elapsed before we took "our departure. After {tho, first raft .'had beeii thrown: overboard ; about 'a dozen of : us jumped for it, leaving i.about a. dozen of the /crew sitting on. the, , other raft on tho':.sun : -'deck.'' ; It was: a good height to jump from,.'and I guess I "must have gone down a fair distance. What made ;the.experience more unpleasant was ; swirling of the .waters hampered me in my 'efforts' to reach .the surface. When' I cairie "up the vdssel was out of sight, and the rafts 'were only a. few, feet apart, being separated ,by. sbnie .wreckage.'/ Everybody who', jumped .'fi:om,!she .ship-got..on.to the rafts excepting the captain, "who, after taking refuge on some -.wreckage;/got-.on/tpp ; .of the.last of. the ■ boats.'... After...tho/'.two{rafts separated the occupants"never/saw each other until thoy landed.-. When we had been on the; way a considerable tiriio a. boat full of women passed us, Mo asked who was in.charge,.and; the "reply. came'.'Wqqdfprd,' or some, name like.that.- : -In reply-to/a query as to how [thay/wero;.getting on, the answer' canip: ;'AII fight; , ''; The,boat which did not seem to ;be{handicapped much by.the high sea,sooh : ifprgedi ahead of us, and we never/etiw. it jagain. ". AVhen/.we had , been in the water '.about ■' 1J -hours wo came '-.across, the -captain/ ;who had picked up a: companion in a passenger who had -previously been n steward on the s.s. Pateena. An attempt to-transfer the
passenger, who lmd a broken hand/' to "the raft proved unsuccessful, owing to the raft capsizing. On several other occasions the raft upset before we reached tho'shoro, which we . did ■ not ■ see until we wero within one' hundred yards of it. ' - ; THE ONLY WOMAN SAVED. . TWO HOURS' DRIFT BENEATH AN : UPTURNED BOAT. J- IWIDO'WED and childless. : "A HEROINE." ' "She's a heroine, I tell you, poor woman." Even- the silent mail who had declined to tell his. experiences unbent at mention of her -name. i "Yes," ' lie supplemented, I'you can't 1 say too much about her."
'/The scene was a'sitting-rbom at;the'bomer .'stead' .whioh. had;, extended such/ generous hospitality to the -'survivors. ■■' A representative vpf; The-.iDominion,.-who .was, fortunate enough to , possess'a' -knowledge of' l the country,, and-had tramppd -from' , Karori.over- the mist-covered.-hills, wading- flooded ;streams and stumbling down-'slippery.' sheep-tracks;-had also reached; the welcome shelter of {Mr; MoMenamenfs isolated home,.and-was,,talk-ing-'to' a ? ,group:-o| those, who had narrowly escaped' a .few-hours.- beforo from the sea;'' - '"■-, "She's.the only/woinan ■■ saved,".added'anbther//"and;!slie/fsaved v ,herself/.and- a';;l)oy, passeriger,/besides pulling ( three.women into the/boat 'after' the, first' capsize, . when -.all were ;•' thrown' out. 'The/women '.-were'./lost' When the boat capsized'again, poor things:"^ /"Yes/ even .after: she {lost - her /.own little ones, "whom/, she was-trying .to saye,. she keptgoing and-tried;to save''''others:. Her husband;/an'invalid,'and four/children were drowned,-' you know. , '.:."•'; "■"/'."'';- i: ■ ,/ ; 'Soj;!'iritdisjoiritDdi'fragments, i,the story :of. this- brave:;woman's x experiences .was told 1 /.! : , In.- an adjoining' : room Sthe subject of '"the eulogies 1 sit- before'ia' blazing-:fire, waiting— ; a...slim-/figure,,-■ with .facei : lined/.with : , grief and'exposure;- ..Mot exactly young,. not:.yet middle-aged—capa.ble looking: even .in ' her , distress;/;giving ; ari : : impression..;of self-reli T /ance.:- It relieved her. to ;ta}k, - our, repre-se'ntativei-was//told. .. ' ,:; : ../. , , : / j' ' ~.She .was.:the ; ',wifo of. Mr...' Hannam,•'; a'.•■■labourer, pf i.Nelson,. she , said, and was, on her way to; Rotorua {with her. husband-injl: four .children.''i Her/husband; was, ill .with/heart trouble .and corisuraption', and she was tak-. ing.hiin.tb'Eotorua for,his health'..'. ■'■ ■.'•,'■ ./"Whoriithe Penguin .'struck,',' continued Mrs. Hannam,.."L,/with; my husband and children,'put on .lifebelts, , and we.stood.,on; 'deck. ''..Therii'.with others/we, were told to got into.' a .'boat. There ,w'6re : abbut/fbur men/ -. six : women, , and; several. children, - in this boat../,Only-'one of ;the men ..was/a ■sailor,,.. Ai. we got/into it the .boat' qapsized —right, alongside j;he tenguin. . v Oh, {itywas dreadful. : -1 ■" had-, clung. to{ my _ baby,/' two years old, and scrambled with it.into the. boat again.;-; All my; children;:' had: been ; 'in the .boat with us bei'ore{ it toppled ..over, but only one .was there; after—baby. . When_ I hadiscrambled; back' I {helped sevoral, ladies who 'were' struggling':in- the •water/to >get ,into/the : .. boat", again—my .'other, children ;I .could'i'not: see. '({Their ages were, ten,; five and threej'years;' p .'■•■-.' ■'•■. ." :/: "Then iwe, drifted, away from the .'steamer and ' on,, capsjzed again. : ; I. h,ad '. tied my- baby,to a: seat of:.the'boat for .safety; and {whenJthe , boat {turned: over the {second time' I: clurig. on arid' came up beneath .' it;, j saw that .baby, was all right, and then, turned .to help another child—a - boy/ named Matthews, I am-told. I riiadehim conifort-. able, and wo rested under ;the boat there, while' she tossed about -and; drifted and drifted. OJi.' how'i terrible it {was I /The boy kept asking whether ; ho, was saved,-; and. I hadto tell.him he was quite safe and would get ashore. : /I .looked; to- see if there were auy others 'who needed . help, but/ saw no "one. /'(We drifted/ashore at last, andl ..afterwards. heard voices'. 'It was the snephords from the '-.'homestead wtib had been /called' out by some{of ; those': who had. got ashore earlier. , I called to them- and they got us. from..under the boat., Oh,. Lam so glad i 1: was! able to save/that dear.- little
boy for his parents. They/will have. someone. '■.-, "The other poor womon? Oh, yes," resumed Mrs. Hannam after a pause, full of .pathos:, "they all behaved well. Thoy wero all bravo, .though some were crying. And the forecabin stewardess—;ohj my. word, she was brave. . Helping everyone, .and bo quiet and calm.. I never saw anyone .so brave—no, never—never." .''..' : [Mrs. Hannam's baby, who had been tied by, her to the seat of tho boat, was dead when the. boat' reached the:. shore. The ; experiences in the boat narrated above extended, over five and a half hours, and it is estimated- that she and' the lad Matthews woro* beneath tho overturned boat, drifting at the mercy of the waves, for over two hours. 'On'Sunday'Mrs; Hannam, who had borne up so magnificently,.was stated.to be in a.state of prostration.■ .The forecabin.stewardess referred to .was amongst those lost.] . ■A later .and fuller account of the• wreckj as given by Mrs. Hannam,-appears in the Woman's Column. / . . '
v TWICE CAPSIZED. / STORY OF ONE OF THE, LIFEBOATS. , ALL DROWNED BUT THREE. 1 ; : Mr, .Riggs-Millor, a passenger-from ;Pictonj ;to Wellington, who Had anarrow/escape,-was ■oil-deck>\vhen the.steamer struck.: 'He-state;' that 'he .'did'not, consider the; position' serious' until the 'order was giveii to ;get ' tlio b'ca.ts out.., ;He: assisted'; to. get ; the;: coders .-.off ■ tlie " boats. Orio ' boat . was got: ready, but .they could,not,let,go the:,.foils, and. the/boat : was .bishing . agauist.;the;/sides. Two ; boats were lowered>'chiefly!.'through ,the : second- mate's, '.efforts; ,-Tlie; first was. loaded ; with women and children, and' had ■ not .been in the water. tw i o.minutes;befbre'it, I capsized, arid only-one person got ashore—the-second The
second boat got-out alsoinet with a mishap. One fall gave way and about a dozen people fell'out. ■;-■'/'.*{ :'-\{ .\'. ■-.'■. ' ~ ,"I; wasMn this:boat," continued' Mr. Miller, "and managed .-to get-back into , it after the'upset. : 'After we :got .away again we picked up two or-three women. ;Mrs.. Hannam, the sole woman survivor; .pulled them into .the- boat. /We got on all right for a time,-.although, there was-"only' one sailor in the boat.': Those; in ..the boat wore .not able to pull very well, so we ; let her.drift. / AsWe, got near - shore we : saw that it was very rocky, and. made..a: desperate effort to pull out,, but could not manage it. . Wβ:got broadside on and swamped. ,1. lost- the boat alto(The happeningß to,the boat.thereafter are -, told, by 'Mrs.. Hannam.); A'friend
of mino (thig is believed to have been Mr. Holcroft) was near by, and I helped him.towards the shore, but ho grow..weaker and collapsed about 100 yds. from the beach and was drowned. I managed to get onto a. rook and': Tested .a bit before a. huge -wave washed me clean out of the crevice into which I had scrambled.: Eventually I ■reached the beach, and not being able , to walk stayed there till_ daylight." v : .. Roverting to the' striking of the steamer, Mr. Miller said that when: the captain;gave the. order to go astern it Boomed to tear the bottom out of the vessel. ' Taking things : all round he considered, everybodyi.was. very cool , . ■ The second officer came. specially under ..Mr. Miller's, notice as distinguishing himself, in meeting the . emergencies of the occasion. Like Mrs; Hannam, he pays , high tribute to the courage of the forecabin stewardess, and ho is ono of the many who speak in terms of admiration, of the behaviour of Mrs. Hannam. ■ , ■■... ■ ■ ■■■■■■'■ ' ' . ' "■ .■'..' v Mr.; Miller ,, Mrs.:Hannam, v and the lad
Matthews appear to' have/been the .only sur'-, vivbrs-of this'ill-fated lifeboat.: ■ ■■<■'■ ..."■: ■'.'■: ■' , :,'; ; -:-.'. ' ''■'■ "- ■ . : /■■ V.. ; . ■ : / MR. G. BRIDGE'S ACCOUNT. • ;, ' "" A RIPPIN(3,, TEAEING SORT OF :'■;_ [;+:; r X;.- : :MMp?'-;>;;. -;: ! :;;.;.;;, ? "!.■ NO PANIC ON BOARD.; ; ; Mr. G.' Bridge,; one of the passengers, gives'the 1 following account, of-the disaster:—: "As'we left the: entrance, of , Tory' Channel: aiid proceeded into- the - Strait, a . so\ith ; easterly.' swelT was soon.felt,-but'the ; weather generally; was .fairly; clear .until, we; had 'got about halfway..across.7.The.night was very, dark,'and it..was evident that, some 'dirty weather would-be experienced before we. got. to .'"Wellington.' .1, sonic .other; men,
took up;ray quarters, in ■■ the smoking-room, wHoL is situated aft of the.saloon. Wβ were all fully clothed. By 9 o'clock the.sea-had niuch ■ increased jn roughnesSj and it was" raining hard, with'', a dense fog closing in arouna.: All went well until a iew minutes after'lo'o'clock,, when we/in .the.-'smoking-room'felt the snip strike something with' aripping; tearing sort of'' sound,- and : we all, started up in wouder.'.as to'what'had happened. One:'of those present,-who''probably. had : there ' before,' ■' said: 'Here's' .a go ;• we've ; struck something,' and "forthwith donned one of; the lifebelts from the supply Wthe foom.- He'then went out on deck.to see what was up, but Could find out nothing, and .80. returned, to us,' when.:.we persuaded .him; to, take /.the. belt off ■ again. -. Shortly
afterwards the" chief officer came along ' end, the door being open, I asked him what bad'happened. Ho replied: 'Part of the bulwarks for'ard has .been, carried away and a.boat has broken loose, , and then went cji his-way on the starboard- side- toward;; ■-. \ bridge. ;I- should hayo said that, just ';.. ;V ship appeared to strike something,- a -.. ' had .come' aboard. aft,-.arid the <ki. /...' awash. About ten minutes afterwai\~ ;/. passenger previously,alluded to left.us, to have a look round,-, and when lie/cine back-ho .told us that something must be. wrong, because people were putting, lifebelts on, and the boats , were being got out.. We all then put on lifebelts in the smoking-room, and ..went:out to render any assistance we could. i. The Launching of the Boats. ; "We went for'ard. of the saloon, and then saw that No. 1 boat was .outboard, still hanging.on' the davits, and that when, all was ready they began; putting the- women and children into her. There was no panic at the time Whatever,, and the passengers generally,; male and female,/ seemed' just congregated at the , saloon doorway calmly waiting No. 1 boat was lowered successfully, the' steamer' being still on an even keel, and pushed off:.'. At this time detonators were being sent up, and .it was from the light by; one of tiiese' as it exploded above that I saw this boat well away from the ship, and heading in the directionwhere we supposed land was;,, Attention was then being'given to No. .2 boat on tl;e port side, - and she was,-got outboard'by the crew, and the male, passengers helping, and in turn took her complement of./women and children,;with, of ;course,.her crew and •an officer, v Just as all was'ready one of the stern davit-ropes' must'haye' slipped, for the'boat, .with, its human .'freight, fell "stem 1 first ;into ■_ the;. waterj - and 1 most of the occupants fell into the sea.. By this time- there was'.a ■terrific?sea running, and /it. was pitch; dark, so that;little' could be .seen over, the handrail, j /When,, the boat's stern fell, the bow was dminediately lowered, and most' of-those in the/water were got into her, while others were hauled aboard,the Bteamer; but the boat. was being badly, battered against the vessel s. side. .Eventually she was got away, in, I a more or less injured condition, , but after, leaving the ship's side I never saw, her again. I, with others; .then went 1 aft to the., poop-deck,..and assisted .'in; getting the long-boat, - out, .under directions from an': officer.,. This'was done.successfully,"and the boat,; with -the , rest of : the women -passengers and the stewardesses, "was lowered without, accident.:.- Just.-after they pushed off, however, those in the', boat "discovered ■there.; ; was: no" bucket with which ,td 'bail, if; necessary, and they sang out to, us to throw :Could;.not,« in; 'the 1 daTkness/.lind one, ;and.. just (then at .was plainly ■ manifest : that, the vessel ; was 'sinking under us fast,/ .being already very 'much down by the. head; so' that 'fche'boat had to go off, without. ~)We.;.'then.- toned' our at- : tention; ; to the, rafts,,' which 'were ;on • (the poop-deck. .All'hands gave /thteir' attention to the'port raft.first; and .hauled it clear of the rigging, arid then.threw.it over,the ; side. mto'the sea. .§ome;twenty persons, including an .officer; then,.jumped"'into the-.sea' after it, kit -.only...eleven - of--these,:as .'was •afterwards ;proved,,could have got aboard, .the rest, being drowned. ~: ;' .-".'.- '~.. J.,'.- ':■■(.:'.;. A -Thrilling, 'Experience.;';, '.;, " " ",THs-left eight of us to-board, exdusive' of the .captain, • who, I think, was on- the .bridge. .Wβ all 'out the- lashings : of, the' 'raft,-■■'but' there was ,a 'heavy list to starboard, and we found we 'could not' Shift the ■raft, as it : was .too heavy, for ,us."i Sp.-we all hung.on to .the'raft by any,means available; such as,life-lines, etc., I .myself cMcliing the wopdwork of it,, all;of.'us being certain; that i the'ivessel would , founder in .a'.few minutes; But, .bofore".even-., this-' short' : '- : period - had passed,, the. ship, suddenly: shot forward "and downward, and sank frorn/under us. As : the vessel lurched forward ; the-xafj; slid. &' yard'or two and ; got: caughtin the- starboard rigging, and as,-we took the..water,'the. raft, under and .capsized, ..throwing us-all into the ;sea, when..we,.were at once.sucked.down with the ship; 'Biit.,as the/vessel'dived; down in a ] ?l a ? t ißSv^ffi^Bi'iteij%/'lffiH)' ifctpot way c.th^!/fuU.- rt foi^er;,pf,i,t&e , ißttcti.on^-aT^so'-' : :that,>i though -we seemed'.togodbwn an awful, distance, still with ..the force/of the suction re 4 moved, our .lifeb.ejts.bro.ughtiisiiipf again. <,-I,i cameupj together with one of the. crew, -iin-'i derneath, the raft j. arid, we. kicked, and- struggled together till we got clear, ■ 'and were; able to, come to the : ,surface' a yard or so away 'from the raft,.'wheri/wa.botlrsoori'got aboard it, andthen helped others,to.do/likewise, until' we. were all;accou'ntedfo'r.; '.A strange''thing ■wasthat-several of us, while .under .the water,' distinctly he'ard;.two;loiid.'explqsions;:and we ; supposed, afterwards'''these' were, the boilers' . blowing up! Hardly had we all got safe aboard before;.we /saw 'an" upturned, boat," which had been stove !iri; with four or five.people' on tlie bottomof it.. We took'all off but two, pne'of | .vhom '.was the capta'iri/'and -:'tlie other'.'a' man with, an. injured hand,' whom .the captain was-, liolding'up:, .The'captain. -refused. to; come oil the: raft;'.saying hd;could manage-all right'on. .the boat, and", still .maintained/his hold of the' j other man,'who seemed incapable of speech'or. j .action.: ■: As. this bpaV seemed likely jto prove,! ; iiv.the; heavy''seas, a danger to-pur raft, we ..'.seized.a plank floating ;by'us,: and/with' if - nished. the boat away: until we 'were quite' •lear..,/.We,then; saw the/other raft not far '~ iway.frbm'us, ; and'shel'seenied/ , all "right., ■■"ivnen our: raft was .capsized, we lost," the! paddles belonging to.it/arid.thus ■could do noth••mg.to make,any progress ;iii. any direction'.sothat,: although.w.e saw arid.pieard .several people in. the.water"crying but' for, help,: we could'riot do anything tosave them,-'and.this was oneof'.the cruellest- 'of all Pur experi-' ences.-'.:. •■'. v'-:/-- ,, /" , : ";-,--■ ~ -- : - .',''-. .'-' "■./:"..;'. : \: /' .;;'A .Four-hbiirs v^Dr|ft,'; ; '.-.'; ■:'. '"'• ]■. "Gradually we lost^sight.of the other raftjthe ,boat;: and all wreckage, .and huddled together, twelve'of u_s,,'on bur narrow raft,i andclingingon like.grim.death. We drifted in a nor'-westerlydirection towards Terawhiti, and out to sea, all-the-,time battered by tremendous seas, which broke: continually all over us. , A. sodden,..miserable, crew- we were,, but'we Kept our presence of mind,: and had all ■ agreed , that if oiie.pf us were endangered;. specially, , all would at once go to his assistance. , After: a while. 1 too,. somo of- us,even- sang a , bit to' cheer the, others. - Fortunately-, ns-if turned put, after what...seemed a, fearful long driftseawards,: a,'special-current; dr.a"-.turn of-the' .tide, set us bnco more.in towards land, andeventually w^sighted> land, .arid : shortly afterwards some outsta'hding rocks. Hero-it: was that wo met our nextgroatest poiil, bewe found ourselves drifting oil to a'■Hβ'r conical rock, over which the seas broke and against, which the and-fell, suckring our:raft.gradually: into a sort of vortex.: Had our progress not been : checked wo musthave been dashed against this rook, nnS- inevitably, lost our lives. But here the plank : we' had, retained came into ■ use. and three of us, operating it as a -.paddle,: just managed-to gradually,,draw, the raft; away from the influence of tho.vortex? and,so.clear. Almost immediately, afterwards a.tremendous sea Upended, the raft towards the land, and throw us all into, the, water once- more, leaving; us to battle for life.. ;We all, hefwever, refrained the raft,, aiid'got.nn. board, but one- man ; would have, been lost-but for a rope h'ciK'irio- ■ behind'the raft; which-..had- -been turned right side up again., This rope'' floated out towards-him, and, , cheered by us'all, hn managed to : grab it,-, when ,we hauled him in arid aboard. That sea' and capsize, 1 . howevefj. really saved our lives, for'it brought us into calmer water, inside a reef. But: we lost our plank -and ; so had to drift over , ledges of rock and on to small reef ends, until ve camo right the. main.line of rocks connected with the. shore, alongside of which'was deen ' M } ° n li U i got °" / to these rocks ! and held tho raft by, the ro;-e, when theotliors: jot safely ashore ore by on'o, there beinc no bustling _or hurry, as w^:felt.we were now perfectly safe. ,'.■.:- . . , ... ■', .."■"•■ ".-■;■ :;' Once More Ashora, : j " "' ; "A 11 ,^ on.our, legs■ ns' we tackled the climb, and crawl, and wall"' to tho, mainland. Just after startingV tor ' Mr.M'Menamon's we met a man, who turned oufto bo a Mr.'Biggs-Miller, who had"been washed.,'ashqro from one of- the. boats,. and • who was, wandering, quite dazed, jn the wrong ! direction: He told us he had lost bis mate meaning that his : friend -, with whom ho had come on board the Penguin had beeV drowned. , . It transpired that Mr. RiggsMillor had. done his utmost to save "n's friend, carrying- him on his back ;whcn in the sea, and swimming with him. but that in the sui-f they had been separated. The story of finding Mrs.: Hannam has been told by others already, and uced nob be repeated, but'l
would my meed of praise. for thie j lady's heroism in. saving the-boy Matthews,'- ; :■ .and her endurance, and pluck/'. ■ -. Eventually we all . reached . M'Menamen's. ':":■ '.. home, where .wo. were royally ■ treated, , and :■■."■.'.",' j provided with dryclothing. . :';.■_■■.■ '■■'. ■'. '-'.'r/-'. ' ! Tho Start for Home. : ;: '••.'-.". '■■' .".Having, been.set up in every way as ; fap;. : . i ,as it was possible, but looking a sorry crew,::. ••;'■ •- we started tovwalk to Island Bay,■.there to ■.:'■/■ catch.the, tram to the, city. It was typical,, ... .''•' of our modern/life that tho .first \ unofficial; ';■-. .... I person we met on our journey thither was a- . • I newspaper reporter, and.the second a photo-■■'■" :; '.■'■■■•'■; graphor. But prior -to this, on reaching: the:-. ':'\ liarori Greek, we found it in heavy, flood, ' V'---Vj and could not. have crossed it had not two. ■;. ■ ',/'■ mounted police troopers" most kindly 'carried •/'•-.■■ :: ;'.",'■! on their horses..-Here" an incident , _' '<\ of a somewhat sensational .nature occurred,.; ■.-,;{ One;of our party, Mr. Bees, a steward, while'. , !-I riding behind the. trooper, was thrown off, , / '■";.) owing, to the horse pluiiging. • v The trooper. :"■-,* i was also thrown off,'.but managed to retain, , :,' , :V . 'j hold of his; horse's-.bridle.', Mr. '.Bees, whea■ ;■ ■..','■. \ falling, -was kicke'd in the ' face somewhat"-::. ■ • ! heavily,; arid falling ■ into the:'■ turgid. water .-' ■ : " 'I was washed away in a half-stunned condition ■; ";, : right to. the. sea, -where"some of our party '■ '■■■.'■■"-. rushed, in '. and' pulled''him out "before :.ho:' ■->■'""- could be" swept away. ' The trodpera"had ■ '- medical comforts with them," ami'a I'ittle "• -'! brandy,and.a ; "rest soon put Mr. Bees alright • ' ■ ?j again.,; Then" we got on .our.: way tolsland : ! ■ilay.-and the.rest .of ;the-walk was. "un.".' -,-' eventful." .-'"■■■ : . .■■• •'.■'■■.-■■•:,"-', -,'-, -':■■ ■:■■■■■■:■ ■ '-\ '-■:■' - ;-■■ ...^-i.;.,:;;:-:^-;; : v^--.- ; -:;l THE PURSER'S EXPERIENCES. 4 : ':\ '/'• TRYINt! ON A RAFT.C , v ; ! S;.". :\M /ALMOST/DBOWNED/vr ;' ' ■ -.-.'' '•; ':'] .; Purser 'A. -R. Thompson reached the'-city,.■;. '■ v .;••■'".! Seeii'-by -a'.po« " ' MiNioif representative hetold.thestory.of his"-"■'/.'■■ ■ escape ,from;:the--wreclc.'- Between'b ; arid a •'. v,j o'clock:'.he, went to his ''cabin, .and at'lo he .'■'/,■'■■'. vi.'-f felt a/bunip; -Gpiiig along to the saloon; he,-/'"- 'J inquired'ol an pliicer if the,' vessel had.'■ struck V ■'■"■'.■. '"-! anything;.but was,, informed that "the. ■"n'oj.Ml'.'V^U , ;. : ![ had beeu caused by. some rails carrying away;: ,; :V-\ '-.'■''' Satisfied, to/ bed,; but soon - v v,v ;: after the matel''came arid/told;.him to get 1 up ; ; ; ' ,; ~and.dress as the/boats,jwere ready.; '..The, '■'_,■{.■.'■.'< passengers-iwere /quieti,/, and.'showed no;signs':.../. ■'■■'• of panic; :.; The purser went-aft: with 'the/// '*'.//' mate, and set about-getting-one'-of off.; They' were: assisted, : ''( "'-./.: passengers, arid.succeeded in putting thilraft/ . ' : :: : overboard. 'But it', got adrift, aud ; was: being •:';;, ■ ';., i'ashed away 'without'-taking any: of;the'pas- ...~ ; s'engers' or "crew;; ;v ,.'- / :'/.' ■,;>"'; "^.>Y-'- v ''- : -v" '-.'■":■ -~ "Then,"; Continued Mr; Thompson,'."l' said . '.. • ■;■ . to the;mate,,'What'i3.go;ii]g to/happen, lytac? , / /:, ,-" and^he" replied,:' There is,.nothing.for it but ' : , : ! to'jump and iswim.'J .I, 'jumped, overboard,. ;.-. ' '~•■ and, on,coming, to. the .'surface,, found mysell.: ; : : j close to a white object,/which.'iunied out.to ! ':.•/■ . I be the raft." Already,some of the ship's com" . ' pahy Had.peached it,,arid ..they pulled, up. ///-,;.//; There '.were; eleven of.us on the raft, 'and. we '.'•' ■.'. . ■■{ all reached;the shore." •■ ••.-••■".'-..■':•.-/-:^'.: '-I'' ;//. ] -..-'..\' : | ;.;Th&,raft was/,capsized/-three:;times' at./tlie,:... ; .second overturning the purser-was raissing-^-' ; ~ "i he was,; underneath. % As//the;;waves beat: /.■";' upon , the raft and?hurled it aboutj-.the'purser :,/:: - '■:';■ was released, 7 and/caine.tp the.'surface-.in ;a : :./ ,: '. half-drowned; condition.. He -was fprpmptly.-,..';-;,; hauled,up among-..the/;others.-: A' spar :wa3;'//:--. : ■■. picked .up, aridusedtp pilot, the helpless raft- : ■•'.-' I i in:.against;'the,.rocks; Eyen/with'this- •) the.passengers were"/sorely "bruised;on./land-:. :,',," : . j ing, an.d most ,of• them ; had great .difficulty; in/ ,' y, / 1 {climbing the hill to.;shelter, so/Zweak'/wera;/.,v : - | they .after their 1 long.exposure the/storm. .'./;■: ] -. Nothing,was. saved, of : .the;ma'ils /ot oargo,;,; ;,;- .;: ; nor-had;the purser/time tolay.hold.pf any or Z- , . < the-ship'svpapers.v:^ , ;. s : ':- ::4./' : '/'/,,// ; : :■■*-/ i 'V Mr.'. Thompson,, one of-the jnost popular pf--/ -'. , \ the younger pursers /in the TJrii.bri. Company's v:/' / '.! service; was for sqme/yeafs in the.head office,. !'./ \ ;I)unedin, wher.e, his-home is,:/and,'about three :■<::■. \ ■y'ears'-ago accepted a ; sea appointment; .SmceA/.i,'""', then he has served on a good niariy ,of the'/■ ; . ~( company's .intercolonial'■ and coastal\steamers. , ' ,:'-• - ' Whilo.;,in-:the- Tasma'nian /trade, % suffered-:' ;;; . j shipwreck in the Eawatiri, on August 13, lasf . '-. \ year.,-The wrecktoot place onthp. west, coast '-,-:■' / 'M b.utside Macqiiarie ,Harbour, near: Strahan,'..:,.'■■ , /■ and sis. lives'were'.lost. /. .': ' , ; ~: .'•' -.'.",:; /^;r/./THE V SEcbNb-ENaiNEER;- ■['"]' [f: .'"■- : \ jONLY SURViVOR;;OF!T;fjfi"FIRST BOAT. | ;.'■';/;- /y; : ;./; V . ; ;; /: ; ~ : rf-}.\iy ""/..:] ..: Mr.: W.i.W. Luke, '.second engineer,- .-who '.•'■-■■... /j is theionlysurviving.rciigineerj/.had-a'mirao-' ' ■■■' ' j ulous e'scape,:;and.is'sti.i.;suttering.irom:se- , vere .bruises.',/ When interviewed 'by v a ' re-'i:/, : f presentative of, Tue.ljoiunion,/; he, ttold". -a :"---" ; ' i pathetic; story-of /.the loss, of .the first-'boat, -/■-. ;' which put.puu from:thp'vessel. ' .'' , ;-":''-•; •:-.--.//- -. "; .' "At. about 8.20.' p.m/,". he ;said, '.'I .was on,:-. ;-,.- /; the-engirie-room tops,.and4he..captairi"came.v::.; , \ along.-, He/said.that-.the steamer was going- ■;■■ along:very-.weU : arid niakirigiai'Southorly. pas';:. ,;.:•./.i sage. .::,Therß -was a big sea "on (at. this time, i /i..'.] wjien! I /went on duty, .but. ; she.-;Wa& coming /: ■'■'.'. :: through, it, beautifully. .At. two minutes toi> , ,; ... -;\ '10. by ; .my,.clock, ,l;heard..a : ,grinding, noise'; .;'::. '.s ' -I -knew very /well .what , : it , was.-.iSo.methings :> ,:• seeihed.to have., struck -heriforward and '.aft.': ■:;.;•:/ ; '' There'was no water.iii'the engine-room;. The ':. ••■ i ■ third to, see ! rf.^aay. , .water ■;,'." v. | was/being' .taken; iri,;.aud'. i-vbld/liim-Ishad;-:'/:::,,.-... ; the. putnps going lore-and, att,/'and, that, , ,-.;.'--..-"■"; they;, were pumping".fullVbdrerrtakirig,'water':;;:' ..-.••'.': freely;./■ As./sob.ii' as ; -she,.strncky"tho...chief-''■-'■;■•."".■ .• engineer, came ;db\vii 'below.,/He dispatched-., .'■'■':?■•'.■.; me to.tell the, captain ttiiit the puinps/;were , ;■//: ■? -working.."■ The".captaiu' sent me/ oack:to : / if any.' water-.'was/coming' in aft,: ;I found■''■; ■ -i' ',-■;; that it was coming.in.pr.fctty freelj', and toid.i -~ ; -j him. >He said, Xio' down/and -tell the chiofjj--: , '■ j I will/ring off in a'.few minutes.' /The,signal ~.;,• came, shortly'afterwards,'/aiid, we/ all,-came/;:;/://: up from' , below,;/ ,-The " engines: were / theu; .'■;.-.; ■''■'■• ■; stopped, but/the fires'had ouen drawu before ■ ; . ' this/ , , , :■:...■■■■-■"■.■'.■'. ":-\.'\ ■//'^■/,' : . ! ..;--,/;v-/ : . .■-■■' , // /Boatload ,of/Women Capsized.; ;/- '. ;. Mr.; Luke continued that he left;the shij-- ■ :: in the first Boat,-Kp.'.2,:.with about 13 or/It:';'-:/; ; ' ; women and childreri." There were also in the :/ V •:• boat a sailor and a fireman\ahd a yourig'fol-',:.-- , /, low. (a Pictori;,;pa3senger), : viyho wasj at ona '■ ~->' ; : s timo-assistant-pursprm.thotcoriipariy's ser- :. : : ; Vice.; .The. 'boat ,was somewhat; .:';/ .''■■ knocking,iip. against the. ship's: side: before: ;, ~ : | it,got clear. 1 /When;.they.got,'away/elearor.'":'v./; the wreck, aiid were, heading -out to soa, ; the: " : ; '"f i seas broke:over on all;siaeS"and sivamped; :J-y : .-\ the lioat. /This was '.about a- ship s length,';... '■'." ,| from the, Penguin.: .Theerigineer; and'others ,f ;' ;V: : took oif,their boots, and. gave.them ,to'/the; ':" 1 women to bale. out-the; boat, 'and one side :.,:'.- ,-i 'iVas taken out.of.'a :lamp; • which :wa's : theu "//,■::i used for .the' same-purpose;;.- Just after, the.//' 'j I boat was swamped .the liglits i.'qf"the; -Pea- .'; .":" | "guin disappeai^d,■and:she , settled/down.:;./ . .;"'*■'■;. ' j , - : - •"■':/'_' A/Cry;srom the Deep.',;.-.-: : ,•;:" : . " / ■■■■ ;. When;'the. boat 'capsized, '/tho"' engineer';'::,'-■;,." : was hurled about "-twenty '-'yards / off. ; He - '(■.:■ /, | struggled back and got on top of :the ; up-;//; '-..,? turned ■ boat./. Just as :he:;/scrambled/on to/:; :■'.." : ; -;/j the keel a woman called out, "Giveme-your.: ' 5 . 1 hand," ,■ but,. by' : the : : time^; he'; : could //turn ;:..;, rdundi-she iwasgoiie. ■''.. The only other ivho;; ' .:> succeeded. : :in: regaining the .boat /was ' the ' : ; young, lad. from -Picton, and tho Hwo ■~.;;; ~ ,i held "on ;■/' asV;'best - : .vthcy , ' couldr... -;Al-: ;;; -. ■. | though \the/.:. unhappy pair on the , :'boat ', ; r-j saw' many bodies, of, women and-..-.children.!; : ' _,-j hoatingxaoout/ they- heard' no- turther' cries,;', ~; ■ ■ .and were ..unable ;to render any- assistance ■■;.;•-". j -to the.scattered members of the boat's^ crow.'.-.,. .;! A-s each successive-wave .came ■ along, they.;,-;. .-'.. ,'■-.! wore -wa'shed,off their boat, -for; their.- h-jld : ,/,■;,.; was Very, insecure, , , arid the. cold .was begin-..;": (':Pning to fell .on/both; of.: them.;, : Mr. Luke,\ :// . j however,/was 'a strong swimnier; the, great-/-.: ./' i "ost- difficulty he" experienced was:in dfaggirig/;'::.. /'■ himself out pttlie,.water on to the boat.. At ~.,■/ ■ last, his companion, who was growing weaker,; v; ; : /'/! arid, weaker, .after/such unwouted exertions, , /; • ... ■•,-; said : a last .\despairingZ' '.)■ .arid/.::'/: j "dropped.off. He. went down, and. was;'not.'-.' :/ j "seen,again..: ■ .- ; ' ■-)■;-. ' -;,-..'..'■,■■:-.-' ~: -■" -.- .;.■ ,5.-■■■..'; ■;:/;' ,-; i: '/Trie Last Survivor. , ;;/ / ' : ,/.::-" ; : v.*/':'i ■ The second engineer;;now the/last survivon /: " v; of the poat's : crow; , managed to clirig-'to the : - . ;•: !k«il for sonie;time longer, although-suffering ' "; 1 terribly from the cold. He, was. washed from ;s ■ / -v'l 'his:perch between twenty and.thirty-:times; r'/ ; •bsforo: the boat finally struck/a;reef,":'and/ l " = ,:! comniencod tp : brcak_.up. : The reef was;riot /..- :; ;j visible, but the: grinding noise made its » .' i-1 proimice apparent.. -Then Mr. Luke left his; /'" "' j little 7 craft and.proceeded to swim. He was!/?? . ; ! alohoiri the: water for over Yiiv hour and : a : /.!l .half, arid had: it not,been;tl:j\t'ho wore, a ■')'■ , '.: lifebelt he could never have ; rpacheu' , land.' v ■"'■■'• .-■.'. i As it.was, he ; was just' y about to give' upl;^: , /': .1 several' times, :■ when something .'spurred-.him ■■'■ ■" ' ■' tp/rencwed efforts; Although shivering' 1 and ;;i - ■-''" chilled;.through , -arid ho,:, h'aS i: no'■"•' : '-: /'■•- touch of cramp, and whenever he struck out ■ : -". • . ■... .:■.■-■■ •.-.■''• .' ■..■: i:: /■-.. ••'■.-'.'.'/'•■■ w
\l ¥■ °, f cpMncßß seemed te pass away. I lib- fi r TG hours in thc « al « r . that seemed liKo nye years, tho engineer clambered out oil to tlw rocks and staggered un the beach. f \t S f ?V n J by ° she P Ji erd, William Hook, in Mr. M'Menamen's employ. Hook , tent nis overcoat, and carried tho exhausted engineer along the bench to a shed. Hero no made him comfortable, till some others came down, and by this timo Mr. Luke was smr to wa ' lc ' with assistanoo, up to Mr. • Menaraen'fl house. " Tho sea was a seeth"ig, boihng mass,"ssail Mr.d l Mr. Luke. Had it •j on t a j luo soa ' ho ft** B s « r « tlmt, with tho aid of the ste.erin ß oar which he had out, he could, have ke Pt th o boat's head on. As it i jus, however, the sea was such that nono of \ne lifeboats could live in it. ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW. INTERVIEW WITH SEAMAN JACKSON. , ' BOAT y. RAFT. ' Some interesting information regarding the wreck was given to a Dominion reporter by seaman Jackson, who managed the raft which shortly before Captain Naylor got ashore. First of all,' Jackson observed that no vessel on tho'coast' was more seaworthy than tho Penguin, nor had any other ship hereabouts a better set of officers and men. The sound occasioned by the impact reminded him of the noise accompanying the, tearing of a piece 'of calico.' Had the vessel gone down other than bow first, it was certain that many of those who were tho ■ last to leave tho ship would have been drawn tinder. As jt was ho-was of opinion that Unscoll, the second officer, and others, lost their lives through boing caught in tho vortex as they jumped from the btern. When tho raft had been on its way nbout a quarter ofan hour, they saw a white, bright light, which at first they took to bo the Brothers' light. Some minutes afterwards they came to, the conclusion that it was a light on a , vessel. Thov never saw it after tho raft capsized, a brief period subsequently. The next thing that attracted their attention was e.ooat/which was in charge of Woodford. It was dark at the time, and foggy. He believed that they were about fifteen yards off nor. in the boat could be seen, but no ono could tell tho sex to which they belonged. The was getting along splendidly about two points off the wimi. Four oars'were being -used in her. His opinion was that the boat kept out to sea for hours, and that its "occupants were alright until they reached the rocks, they all lost their lives. It was little short of a miracle that their raft reached land safely. The only rock they really camo,in contact with was a flat-tepped one, upon which the raft was deposited only to bo swept off by the next big wave. If they had struck a succession of sharp rocks, all would' assuredly have been drowned. Ho was convinced that if by any means tho vessol had been driven ashore "every son 'of them" on board would have loet their lives. Questioned as to whethor he would prefer under such circumstances io set off from 'the Bhip in a boat or in a rafb, ho said that he would prefer the boat every time. He did not deny that it wis easier to land on a rock-bound coast on a raft, but ho eaid keeping to a raft which was continually capsizing was by no means an easv matter, as ono'e strength Would soon get exhausted if-ono had to keep climbing on, it time after time. As it was, ,on tho raft they were on, ho and Snellgrove a sailor lad, had a lot to do in helping the others each time the raft upset. In woather such ns was experienced that night, signal guns and rockets were of little uso. Terawhiti -V s , m< ? st « rta inly a spot , where a light should be placed. Captain Naylor remained quite calm, and the chief officer, Mr. M'ln°i 011^ to 'the passengers' as coolly ns if'the vessel were in smooth water. Ho could not refrain, from expressing his ad- . miration cf tho good work done by the second officer, Driscoll, who was in charge of the, work of swinging out the boats. BeBidos giving tho necessary orders, 'Driscoll did just a* much manual labour as any of ' the crew He was tho right" man in" the right place. ' AMONG THE WRECKAGE. SCENES ON THE BEACH. l, (By Maicol'm Ross.) ,:, " . In the teeth of the storm on Saturday morning it-was no easy task getting- out to Otorangi Bay, where it was reported that wreckage and bodies were coming ashore from tho wrecked steamer Penguin, but after Borne difficulty in obfemuig a horse, I found myself on,£he way. I had but the faintest idea ot the route, but I was fortunate in falling in. with a party of four—two men from-the ielegraph Lepartmont and two from the Post Office, rhe former v\ere going to establish communication by means of ■the lino which t comes over the hills from tho end of the cable wire to Wellington. The latter wowrto keep a lookout for tho mails. The two telegraph Ken knew the route, the others didn't? and their outfit indicated that they had 1 started with unnecessary haste. They had no food ( and only one horse between thorn. At tho , r foot of tho long hill'leading to'Makara we , turned into the fields, crossed a swollen, stream, and proceeded along a Harrow track that presently zig-zagged up a very steep nign hill. tho top you como out on a razor-back ndge, and imagine you , aro coming to the end of things. Thence by devious ways through gates and paddocks of thouBa u- ?• , aores TOU 2»in another razor-back, which suddenly begins to descend at a very "steep angle into another watershed. The wind screams and hisses over theso high tops, the rain which comes at times in drenching sheets defies waterproofs arid legging*, and the mists aro so thick that you can , scarce see fifty yards ahead. On this long razor-oack tho slope is so steep and slippery that wo daro not rido our horses, and in places, as we lead them down, we are,in trepidation lest they tiimblo on top of us Ihe only signs of life were a few rabbits, ETTu 0 ™ 3 . 01 V a |: n to cover, or some +nm P ?¥ tQT , m Z ln a e hollows. At tho bot- ' swollpn the ,, ,on e/azor-back wo came upon a riZn 'y A w stream > and we foUoTCd this down a deep narrow gulch for some miles . • crossing ,t thirty or forty times. We could only guess at tho nature of tho fords and 0n . c , 8 ™y "too went tumbling into "a ho e, with his rider underneath. Wtunatelv I had my feet out of the stirrups/and[after Ll < tw ° Plynee- the horse left me fre\ , and 1 was able to scramble out none the worse «■ ■ #&&&ss*-**•***•* i ' and my 1 trouble was to 6 know whe her I should ride north or south along the beach lhere were no footprints on the sands, leal ing northwards «, I concluded the wreck was to, the south'ard. The telegraph man rang up Wellington for news, but they knew nothing more than they did when we left ' « w as strange to hear tho telephone rinc in this,lonely-hut on the wjld coast. Leaving the telegraph men, I,proceeded southwards along the beach, after having received direction? as to how I would find McMenamen's station,
the;pody■:of .!aV:littlo^boyV'*six I 'or:.'soveh.';'years ;of)ago;.;;;.^';few ; jnehes ; 'ehpwing;-ybetwceh':vljwv;Wact' : 'his.: shrunk 'knickers} '■: first -attracted'.iny afa v little tollow ; and;.,hp-had .on ■ such a -'big -life,tened,..for, the■lowcrTstrings were;loose. : i: He and ;: it -was' ■•pleßSingvto;-iio^.r;that : -:tbere'\\ra«f' : .no' , terrorv ? or;;siiffermg;in v ;bis .-pxpressioiii-' •.■■Hβ had :gone, prematurely t<) ,hisV.last.long- ; sleep ;-.witnout:-.much---.:p'ain;. i ; l : 'drogged :: the: body, .across ;the. : -sahds;tb v a::pliice"of : - above {highrwaterjinark/ ;for:;thero: :migbt: be' sbine 1 'poor .mother. on•. shore,-ori the ■saved ; who-..would :lilve:.to'.s'ep.;.her child once."more, , back' and s. told.Jthe. ,-ni'ah ■■.at': the lend ' of-' the ■ wire:: Vi''l;>exi3ect; l '.you'll;:nndVplenty- 'more," Jie' said;.;.a's.olH rode-;away. again;:;' . And V-gure '; en'bngfr■ I;did. r y!There : was nolwreekagoviioar ;thixbody r - ■: a:'little •farther:qn;ltcame"'upph;.a'-b6x'of .fruit'and :;soriit>::■: brbkoii'C timbers;■■•;.Then, ;oh.'founding a- , wpmaY:\in. : :;:the;' jlt;v;was ; :beihg ; tpsseel- hitherland/thitliftran.the- foam,; arid seenied-; ,tbvbejtrendibg --I ;rode.
my horse into .".the ,, , surf, but there wore jagged ; rooks.about,/and though the;body ■was ;ribt : far. away 1 could- not roach- it '.without endangering.: myown life. V:,- , ' ■;.- .. ;' \, v; :'■: -Thoßeientioss Rocks. r - ;-:■ Continuing, along the'rocky bench'■; I.'rode as .close in- as''.! obuH in, search of' other bodies, And 'in amongst-- soiiie particularly' jagged rocksl; found .tlio.-body.of a; man, Ho was' on' a , sharpish pinnaole of rock, with ■the foain. swirHngaround-him'/ .Ho'\vas-a strong-looking: man, rather tall and dressed; irudarl^-clothes/ ss if ho were a seaman or. fireman. Presumably ho was... a swimmer,, but of '-what" avail -would : ■ the ;..■. powers; of.' the Stfongesti-swinimer. be on a -wild,. dark night;, amongst/the foaming breakprs/in the .teeth of those /relentless,-.-jagged!rocks? -I erideaVbtirod": to! get .;.the.- body, out,-, but', if' was,in 'an awkward, position, .and. too. big a; burden for-me/«.l fear-it J may/have been carried ■away.-.byanother;tide."'■• Not far.away,;lying on.'sonio'sh'ingle/.beside.:an but-jutting-rock, ■ was- tKe^.bodyVofi'aitallish man;;-'dressed in .a, : 'grey;iweed.'suit. ,He also.jhad.'beeh pro; ', vid6d. : ,with:a' lifebeltj : bilt:it- was of no 'avail. ih; savirig■.his".life. ,'Near /here .there was! ;more..wreckage.!'/:; Along ■; the! beach, .which is : hero! strewn : . with'.broken "rooks'-like:, very ; ;r''came/upon, the-,;body of/a woman/ .voth- thin, , , -fairisli! hair, ; turn-;, ing grey.//Sli'6 -W^s'!.a:,thin■; .iittle .woman/ dTossed .in old-fashioned'black, .;ShO; i had ap-; narehtly had time- to 'dressy even 'to ing her '.'.shoes'-; halfway', up././//'- ///'/i'V-v !;.; Afe\yyards'fartherontherewasthebody;!of a, younger! woman .with- fairish hair, and ■ then■the; beach,, becamestrewn/'-with ■wreckage—a bitfof'the^hit'erpairited.!plank of a lifeboat, the. door:of;!a',pantry'.locker/ and a' Btaring; -red cushion from!saloon or incongruons'. note) of. colour' in/the - dismal.' and depressing 'scone-of '.sombro. grey/ A"- deck-' .chair/with/an iron■;!frame was balanced.on/a rock as if/someone! had been sitting; on v .ii~: such', fantastic '".'tricks; does .tbb -ebbing tide, play 'with /its;; flotsani-^and; there, ■/ out'; amongst .th'e;.rocks;::iio.t.quite ashore; but. caught- on; one of/the" serrated, pinnacles ;bf' black.wet crag, was.'a lifeboat'■■'nicely 'painted ,in.white,.but-..with;afgreat'hole torn in'one ■offits'!.side'si 4 ';-i-'; : .':\:-;:-V'■■■-';.s-':':-'-.;•-.-;■.• : V.'-'-- ;; : ■!■';!'- 1
.;;::;; ; , S;^f; : : : The;Key;to J ;tlißiStbrv.' ;t f!- !; f.-'7 ■% ■^vHerei;^en^ , the ■'■story-' I had been/endeavouring.\tb'.read-;as/!■ rode; i;along ; >h&.;beach/:!^'.The: : -phubby-faced ;; little: 'fellow near/the /cable' end;- /.the'' :ingA'in';'thft''-fpaini-;.''th©'- ; :twoy.ijr6ine'nV9 n '' :; th' e ' . beach;" '-h and ;/::thq.:/!;sJulqr-lpoking : man > were: amongst those,who Hadembarked in-the/life-l .bqat^;l;;couH:.;;noy' : fMd"the.', : .whole story/of. the': stniggle^f' a Eboat/filled mainly /.with .jromen'i; and ' \ children;•* drifting '. northwards•. iron-bqund' ; boast' : 'in > ''.th'e jam ; aM;tKe galeVandithb'.inky.i-blacknessVof; only to! be' dashed iri/;the/.darkness'-upon ; the' jagged" teeth 'of ..those , :forbidding ,rocks;.,and/ torn /in /pieces ':as- if 'it'/were //a bark. /This , : was. the fifth: lifeboat; up toithis' ■time; ; had;!ubt';-been-'accqunted^for;,and;up<)n : i ;which'; : the;;chief ./enginoer'siwife'and .othors' ;were pinning: thpir,- : :iaith:in-:regard to" the ;Safety- of ,*their husbands : -or. othehi-rolatives.-. it'-was' thought : that ■;'she \ might • K ave'laiided; -.safelyyin/iOhau!; Bay,,// ':&'■!- few-'miles .farther' i9Ah';';biit;^'^aß|\ : mth'''ih'iß-.'dis(!O)rery';sndb3< .-all-hope of further passongerai.or members/of theAcreiVrjbeing found;alive.v;//In/!the/spot- ; where: this;boat 'was'stove in! there';could bo. : little; hope: for : /tho' strongest:; ■at;,all.';for.;%th^ 1 -poor' /wotnentand., children.' /Those-,who-.were 1 ;drbwiied ; ; must' have lost/their; ; ' ■ W'^:-ji] JAlbng;.the'Ruggeil-]Coa_st.:};y; -!\/,,; 7 ; ://;,And: all '.ihJs\tune^he l revwW.nd:eign''ofvtlie'': /wrecked'' steamer; land- Bp /sign* : pf -/auy!;human ; .wending l hisi/way/.along /thejrugged coast .and'. ; peering;.-intp/,yth'e ..■greynessvior signs. , ! ; 'the - sickly Eme'!.l\pf Totting;.seaw.eecli"the ■great ■ •fapld: ; headlands 1 -' lbomihg;. ; . : through! tho.vgreyi' 'ness| : of; the- tefhi:';the .roar.■6f-the i .tumpling'Bea'fthe'swjsh of/the 1 moving/sands,; .7jheV&ani-fl^^:\-jagge4'' ! ''!rppks'|;y,tte--kelp-; :strewn.:beach,.'and; bodies; 7 -lever , 'more .bodies,' ; some' : face |dpwn on the ■ rooks';'! and- , some; with. ;unclos«l ey : e.s','gazirig ?f aoantly heavenwa'rd-as ':if!vWith:! y a;-vagueJ l 'hop^; l of;_ , :M 'Seaward/..'in":tKo;*omfl^f^sne^aMMe^ l alm , ost : .dangerously; i-•Bteam^r.'.-jwith', 'a v -tßi'fuM(}t';';and;^'grey'^ •throu^'^'thev'^isis^Hand.'i^ay^swallbwedViip , : again:>'];.Sne' ;wasi! probably ofJ ; the .fleet 'hopelessly.'!lMkingAfprj .-or ;mayhap;-:.for"|:meii.?.(ir -.Tvpmeii'pri , someofaft! -that'perchance'jvas stiil^afloat.; . The , phanfoni ship,:.the; /solitary;.Hprseman| 'and-, th'e;:ciroling'sea' j.;rnews : Ki'the \'>{pii. jlife'^i^'iii^^Cth^l^idre^ryj^^drab.-^^sqenp;; ■Th^r'sight'-7'of,-.|sb?'matiy.\pborJ^^^^ !;children;'drowned : one's"heart-strings^ A! : man':qan ■■ : gonerally';!fight':;fqr -hiniself,.. and; . iff-hp'v his ifello'w-man's-.'regrets ('are'; \no't;;'so' ; keeri,-'but .-.with ','the'; women -ahd'tlie! yittiq. children; it. is , ; dif ;,are aiid> helplesSi' further: albngjl: came J upon -ttie -body, of i an-, iqther-iittleibpy/'i-TheVpqbrV little jfellqw!;/had' :».; medal" arpund;■ his■ineck.v.i:*By;. v thisL : the ; mother;*ifi shW Jlifcs/hwilllkiibw/'ihor -child; , jThb 'little^chapJniay"h'ay^.!?beenv!o'n!e;.of ithe" of /wreckj .the,! prie;^6in.an"save£l! : !whq! .'worked, to; ■'.reseuo ''.otlversy.; but i 'lostThe'r;■"pwni-Vf6w : .'.chil-.". dre'ni'ahd; her husband. v ; Frqm''this' pb. int .';bnwards.';.thc '■ : much •? :hbw? bo. ■-i^erous\Jh9t-r'liid': i iiqt , ''s't'opitb'inpte i Besides r'i they: had: beeni found'. !by.^\bt^s' ) J ; f^r;nife^!^ : 'orAbrts;-ofv i olotfc ; ;inghad;b«nlplawd'Pver, ! !tur^';by/ ; s'ome..kindly.hand. ■.!.;Ahead,ithrough ! !ithe;;(TOirlin^vniists;^l; : could;Vnow'rdiinly.' ; see v •thi^^'otf;''foOT : ?iirh'ite^p.ai^ted;.bjatß?pile,d";;^p , v :;on';Vto)Vihelvihg-:-BKo.r^j" :: Sn3-v".liWe;;: : •fully.;examiniriglthem for.means^'"of, : i3entifica-' : tipnvvs/AJddralhthisVtime^still : -n'p;lsign; : of ;thq iwrMkefl' v Steani'erl^^ : ? i hbrßa , 'irtubK"Vat one jplace^--where. :the';,My;.was'!smshing--'vip^tq'.'.the : ;rojpt;:6f:j!th'oi.plif[.B'ij:-but;.'!WtKCM ;I' got 7 himj past' it^and-pamc ; :upon'a : sceneV~:i;A; littlo'.grpup7of;nibn : and.a bare-' headpdj isde'licatei^.yputhi'rlhad' !';, Bomething' tp^llft-itJAip'te'HheCrocks ;-aboye'-;high-watpr ■ 'niarkSiWOne;/: -;to. ; lend, "a.' [ hand. T'l r.recqgriised f him^is ;a member'.of. the: ■ PpinNiON. ./after .a ; ppuple'/of ■•'hburs , '- \< l>een!!: hurriedly '/sumnibned - : from in'getting', out 'a '.'special :Vditipn;pf his;' the : :first printed. vhews}'of■ :!the: /BTcck'y)'and? hrt/''then: taken- a' : itram!!to Jiaro.ri,,!;and I .'waMd'qv:er the'hills'td /the'-sce'nb''of the;!wreck.flilii,my bedraggled condition with! : .and."a; torn oilV ,skin, : ;and: wet -from .head;tq:-fbot, 'he. did not ' t iV-no'>sign'';of-:''t^ .none';"i'replied '.the!'.rcpreseiitatiyeVof . /The ;D6smppN;:; w;^,'Wherq; r did';' she ;; go!^down?" : j" Spmewhere but answered;' point. :ing.; Bquthward;'throiighvthe':gre>-riesß'iri the' : direotion;.qf 'the!:'Karon^llock.:'ln\the"little 1 ;bayj;"just ; ; beybnd^the ; . Kqmosteadi;' most .'bf! .thq/.bpdiesvhad! come, of :a'."man- ■ wh<j;:had.-'lo8t; i i in : ; the', struggle'- for ;| 7 ufe ; ;anqthcr' three:girls cut; off; in../their.-^'ns;/yndvqne.of, a L, very ' .■»!»ut.';fwoman':V-jßut ; ::lKere : ' .hq'we.vcr_ e rap i hically.they ; might:.be'des •over;;which- it'.;is :best:-tb.;draw ; the veil of i ;.silence,v-and, I:,willi;wrife no : m6ro r i subjcctp ; suffioe it ;to'say:'that .few.-.'meh- in' 1 ■this 7 world could-walk ; .along'. "that.bcaoli; unmoved, v Any. who could :do :sb ; 'would- not" be .men;; :;(':::-. '■:::■:. ::,V: -. ■ -.- ■■,
'£}?:. SOMEP^ATIffiTIC);INOEDMTS. ; ■ : i :WhO: lost their lives are coming, in from different sources.;,ln. sonio cases they arc fiecossarily [meagre, and. in' .others:'.■'.nothing is available.,; The • following ■particulars may ' be Regarded as: reliable:—.. ■.•'■'.;''.■;■'■.': '■ '..■..- -. ' , '■:^f' Hannams. ■. ' - >. ; -;-.- ; jHaimairi,, who p'erishod.^ith '. his four children' (Mrs. ; - Hannam , being ■;'■■ the' ':• only woman.saved),.:was a railway porter, , who had resided at Picton,; and was well' known ; there and iii-.Blenheim. ; It is understood that ho 'h&d'left the service and-was about to'go'into; i.busiiicss;,of-some, kind in tho'.North Island. A .telegram receiyed;yesterday.stated, that ; it is • supposed. that, deceased's father and: bro'ther •. resided, in Eltham ; and another ..brother (Mr'. Frank:Hannam). is a resident "of Roto-:rUai-i;l.;'./-:;:-;;:-.-^v-:-,\!; '•{■■''■': ':■:/■•■■' :' : - ■■• -'' .' '■■'■
~' ;.: Mr. Charles Bird. ' • ■ Mr. Charles Bird was ono of the best-known commercial'travellers'in .Wellington. Ho has travelled for some years for Messrs. T. and n.'Young, and is equally well known' in Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson; and West-! land. His parents' reside in Brougham, Avenue, 'Wellington. Up till four years ago tho deceased was a mombor of the senior, team of tho Wellington Football Club. ■ . ■/ .':';, ["' :■; '■"■/" .Mr. and Mrs. Halo. ! V ,^ '■-■■Sir'. Clarence Hale, a commercial 'traveller for Macky, Logan,. Caldwell, and Co., was travelling \with his wife, and'both!- were drowned; Mr.-Halo put his wife intothonrst boat to loavo tho ship,! but; she declined to go ; unless ho came, so Mr. Hale was persuaded to .go in tho boat, which was-swamped by a big sea, aU being drowned/--Mr;-and Mrs. Hale had only, been married-twelve months' ago on;' Thursda y-next: Mrs/Hale was' for-'-merly.a.Miss Paape, of Sydney.;. Mr. Halo is the.son of Mr. IV Hale, senior clerk in. the Onebunga Post: Office, and a relative of Mr. A: H. Hale, postmaster.at Havelock, ■'.-' '..";":• _';■''/:■■!/'/ M'ss Clara Nodine./.■ •;;•.'' ■;.:;■// .-'.OMies: Clara Nodine -was 'employed as a sci*, vant by Mr, Bristow, of -Earqri; iShe was re-, ■'turning-: frqni a visit/te-Motueka,.'and ■ was travelling, in.company -witlr.a-friend, 'Miss Hunt;' whose body was early, washed ashore.Miss' Nbdirie's parents live in Melbourne, and sboijas/a married sister, in Westport./Miss Nodine.was about 25 years of age..- •'.•:„: './■' ■ ■" ; ' : ;S'; '■!The Magulrft Children. !.','■-. , ; XV' ■■ '•'■; 'Amongthe\saddest stories' of tho wreck' is that of; Mr. Maguire's. four .children,• three 'givlssand-one boy,swho. were.;all drowned.' Mr. -Maguire/is;an employee of tho -Welling- 1 itpn; Gas..Company;, and'used,to play, in the : Mission;'B ajnd.'; /'About three, years. 'ago, his" wife/died very, suddenly. . He/had recently, ■marriedk.again/and_his four young/children,: who ; .hatl .been -staying with-Mr. Maguife!s: libther.'at:Nelson,-were returning to share :liis,{ home, ./when they .were ; drowned, in the.Penguin's: w'^oc^:'!;'! > c /';/-.':"!<. r -'-'-.-.--■•'•;'"■' ..'.-' "'■/"■ ij; l '^i-^Mrsi/Symons/'//..:c/ ■!;■//■ ::!;Mrs..'Symbhs/Who/(with hertwocniidren) was drowned,'.was;the widow.pf-the late llr.' /VV.-8./Symons,. formerly shipping rnahager-fbr. 1 Messrs/. : W.,.!'an'4 : G/turnbull;>nd'. Cb; ; Mrs. :Symbns;was a. sister;of. Mrs.;. Herbert; Raw-: ,'son', bf Terrace.V/iarid .';Seatp'nny' ■ anJd'-.weß;]^'aV-'w^-knpTO'''and'.-,mu|^ : <ste : einea, lesidentrbf^W^llirigton./:///.':/ ; ' : ?; ; J.'/ y : '. "'.Mrs/ 1 Symons's : two;-daughters, who; were drbwnedj/;were'Mary;-'Alice ); - ; aged : 14; years' , and/li; , months,. :arid!Ethel.;Agnesy;ag'ed.:l4: They.'were. to .have .acted ,as bridesmaids'/at!- Miss/Bawson's " wedding;vto ,: take , !. ,1 •/ ; !/ ; :- , ./; : ■/;!;.■!;v;' ; -'!':- : V. ■.■..■ wiy' :^r^?^-:M^VHriwV,Sh^V!vv/'; V;- Mr. ..-H./.Wharton.. Sh"awy!Nvhose'/bbdyi was' identifie'd iyesterday/-, was';. the'! son.! of ! Mr.' Johh ; Shaw,: bf..'Sheffield/. , ,wh0! is the!;proprie--. tor! of, the- Shaw/rope : works, -Birmingham/ for "which the 'deceased , .was the'irepr'esenta- J ,tive_'for;,Australasia/!.He!was on onevof his' -periodical 'visits ..to '.the JD'ominibn, and : ha'dl .jiist: finished- a tour .of Cbast ; and'- 1 '.Nelson.-V/He;/'.is'.a. !btothorrih-law.!of/Mr..| Charles Rout,!of, the.Land!and Irtcomo' Tax I Department.!':- He leaves a ' widow i and/three ■young .children.s,at.:.'Hawtlibrhe,! Melbourne,.! which: city he-.inade'h'is! headquarters. 'Mr.; St./John-atid'Mrs; ,Palmer, of Nelsbn/ aro also/relatives;.: of: the. deceased. '"'■■■ i:' ■■'' i '-.■; ..' ;
Mrs. L. Evans. Mrs. L. Evans was 36 years of ago. She was a sister of Miss King, of Wakefield! Nelson. \ t Mrs.: Trice. .Mrs. Angelina Trice was a widow (twico married).. Ono of her sons, Mr. Geo. York, resides atCrail Bay. She has thrco brothers and eix sisters, as follow:—Messrs A J Taylor (Spring Creek), Wm." Taylor (Motueka), Walter F. Taylor (Taranaki), Mrs. Walter Froeth (Koromiko), Mrs. Davo Dunn (Port Awanui), .Mrs, Harry Slight (Auckland), Mrs. Albert Campion (Rata), 'Mrs. Godfrey M'Nab (Crail Bay), arid Mrs. Arthur Manning (Queensland). '
?.£■%:£' Brittain.', :. '"■ ;< ;"VMrs. Brittain"; ia tho'wifb'of Mr. J. .T./Brit;tain,fstock.;inspegtor,,of Blenheiiii, who' has recently/been .staying J ;at:.thp Albert' Hotel,-' '■■ ;;-:-v: ;^:! ;-v; )f-::^ : , .;-....:: ■-■■';; *^^v : '^; :'y : -' brother of :Mr;'Aifred ; CoumUe, :! i t'..e proprietor";of: livery' stables "at ■■ \^^- : .- ,: "-):y^--,-■•■■■' ;-::Missv'Hunt; belbnged ,'to-:ilotueka. - .:;v;ghe. had :been in' the' domestic servibe .of :51r.~.W. ; ■ .'p.. , :.Ghalfield ) '.at!:lslandßay,'for.abbui ayear,. and ./was; returning ; from. a.'mpnth's' holiday; 'spent::witfci./her;-people;;-'■>.'.The"deceased 'was' r of'age.'A;. '];: : .;-£Y<'-i '■)':■;'','S : V ! j!':'; ■':>--Miss : ;ppr ah. '■!^'dw':'y :: AY-- :'■' 'daughter/'br jSIrV-. Patrick' :ppranyiof i; pid;B^nwicktowh^Marlboro^ s^^,^?3 ;^^'^ o^^::':I '^'^:'" ■'; A; telegram/states that these men? •'a're.lsuppqsea'-jtof^ forking -in-thV-aistrict'.! , ;:!:, The!;' fprmer, was "■'booked. to;- Lytteltqri-. :■•; Their-friend'svarpV .unknown^.;', ; ;:''; , :;H- ;; i- , '/;';- c -! : -''f->r i ; :-/i.^::!'J : Ai ;E >' : ,Boj l y.;Mr;cAv:!E.ySorie/;waß!J'a/ ; !trayeiier:jri ; -the' emplpy»PL, Messrs';' Son, and ■ Ew'en (boot; department) ■:s /He;was'"a ma& of 46 yearsN;.of.; l agey\;aTid;,haa , been: ?6 years 'with-thenrm/butVohlyirecently'had-been sent ; out -"on, the : .road.'''i ;At..the'time,bfi'the disaster, he: , was returning from a business visits to j 'Blenheim.. ;:'ln.respohse;i to:'a. telegram Mrs., .B.onq.arrived , from the south- by'-'.the Waikareyesterday. -The deceased ihas' a -son- on the local staff ;qf •■, the; ; ;Natibnai; Bank;, % -Y^; .'; ';:^' : ' v : ,ph v,-;-; 0'"!'': v\ the dis-' .aster;/was' the wife 1 of!a.farmef iri-Koromikb Marlbprough;-> She,;.:.with':.--her: little. grand- ; son, 'Archie-Gregg'/:was;: on;-!a /yisifvtq her daughter,:; who;;resides -at'Berhampor'e";■ ■ Mr. Hart;/was ; at;.the,'.office ;of i.the'-Union/Com-' pany.'yesterday -ihaking inquiries 'as:,to"the liUlo.bby,:,who-:had;not;.then i .been '-.identified/ : ':'; : ;!Mf: : N6e(-Whlte'.V:^ -;tMr::Noel;Whife,lwh^/!is'ambng'tho :: miss-' -ing,; ls.a young, manqf '20, son:of.Mr.! John .White,-auctioneer and geheraragent.'pflßlenheim,,and a uephew:,of Mr. J.'B.Reade,'accountant; m : 'thq Electoral,: Department, Wel;lington:;.;..He was; omployed■ in his • father,'e a'tißlenheim.':'-■;/:.: :: . ; f ■'■ \:i■'■':; .:.\ ;■ Mr. Keith Cape yifllliarnsbru \:[ ';.y • i A'Chris'tchurch"! Press "Association telegram states:-.-~lt;is understood:that a Christchuroh gentlomah;. r Mr. ; Keith Cape Willkmson,whb : Tesidedr-at"Carltpn'Mill Rb^di:on ttlegraphed'hisintenti'on'qf 'returning: by" thb .Pe.nguin.,.:: ! 'Mr.>:''Willianison , s name does:not : .appear'-invthe'list'-pf passerigore saved,'and .it is assumed that;he is' one of'tlio victims iin/the/.disflstqr. '.;He would' be' travelling on a .ticket;."" Mr. ,'Wjlliamson has a brother ■ :who.;is!'the,'stationmaster -at Wakefioldj'nt VNelsqn; cHearingy of; the/disaster, .Mr; -Wil/dispatched., aii; urgent .'telegram to bisr.brotrier,;but-received no reply; He sent three! urgent/;telegrams , ; and' has ae yet re.ceived.no 'answer. ■•;/■ This, evidently confirms !tho/suggestion that/Mr. Williamson hos been lost in; the wreck., Mr." Koith.Cape .'Williamson -wiis '■■■ an; exceptionallyVnromisinß young' man,/ having/lately/distinguished himself at Canterbury .College.'■: He was. educated at Christ's College, ,^ where he obtained.an entrance "soholnrshiri! in 1898 j in 'addition'-to'a'-Board of Education junior scholarship. He TOmainod at: Christ's ,:-.Co11pj;o : for three or four - ; years, .and then left to tnko up teaching. :He was nt ,'thb Normal School for-spmo. time, arid eventually gave Up the position to entirely, devote himself to his studios'at'Canterbury.College.- , Here he/ further distinguished himsolfj and passed his B.A; degfoej and the first section the LL.B. ,'He was also recently awarded an exhibition in mental science. -He was about twenty-pno years of age. ~ ■ .. : ; 'V > .
Mr. and Mrs. Henry. , . Mr. Henry, who, ; with ' hie. ■■' wifej ' amongst the drowned, was a well-known and a vory popular resident of Wellington. He was in charge of ono of tho departments at the Economic, . Mr. and Mrs. Henry ■ were members of tho congregation' of drew's Presbyterian, enuroh. arid the Rev. J. .:Gibson:.Smith -made-reference to■: their loss at the evening service'yesterday. They bad been spending a holiday at Nelson, and
as Mr. Henry's period of leave had'not-quite expired, they had decided'to spend Friday night ut Pieton, and go on to Wellington by Saturday's boat. On arriving at Picton ; howeycr, 'they found tho weather .disagreeable,: and decided to go straight: on homo. Mrs. Henry is.a daughter of tho Rev. Mr. Maxwell, -Presbyterian- minister, of Christoliurch. Mr.' and .-Mrs.'-' Henry' had no children.- '•'■ ■'■ ■■ ■:]■;■'■_ - : .-'. .' ;.\- ■'•: " ;■'. . Mr. H. J. Underwood. ,: Mr. H. J. ' Underwood resided at the cor- , tier 'of Crawford'. Street and Drummond Street, .and was well lenon-n locally, being ..tho owner of a "considerable- amount of property iii'the city. •Ho was.a cabinetmaker by trade, but. had retired some time ago. -Mr. Underwood, who was'a .well-known member of the Ncwtown Bowling Club, , had been on A holiday.visit ti Picton. :'. ■ ■■■;. . . ': I -: 'Mr. W; S. Rentoul. ; ,': The, third , engineer/Mr. W. S. Eentoul, had been, in'.!the : Union: Company's 1 service' for about fiyo years , joining tho company, aftor .he had served his apprenticeship to the engineering at Messrs.' Cablo and Cb.'s foundry. -Previous to transferring to' tho.Pen.guin in December, last' ho was; on' the Rosamond and tho Krituku. -His .parents reside in : Nelson;'.; : - -■;: .■'■■■''. ■■■ ■■ }■■■■■' ■ - .■"'■'■ '■ '■" ■: \:i ; ' .Chief-Officer. ->: . "' '■'•..■; '' Mr. W. A; M'lntyro had his -homo in. .Hobart. He had.been for sometime in.the Tasmanian, trade,.-but had since ' served on several '.of the company's ; steamers on the :New.Zealand.coast., r ;:; :■'■„ ■" ■;-•'_.•' . ■.'-■ '■*. ■■:■-. V :' second Oflioer, ;, ':"..>■. - : . - ; : '■ Mr.'F.' Driscoll came out.in the Bucehtaur (Alley-Line), atid.;had.been: with, tho Union '■Company,:since.his arrival from -.the Old' Country. ' His wife .lives'.in Clyde Quay. ■ ■ !'.-{-:f •? v v j-r. J Third pffioer. >; ■ '[ ■ r;\. '; : long: it the'• TJnion{'Company's: soryipe.... He ca'tne out.-froin Honiein the' Waitemata,,and his wife.js.iii Ayellington. ' '■'■;'.'■ ■'_:::; ■;'•'.., ''.■.'.._. ''}■-. ■:■-:^;:'k/:• The'Chlof. Steward.-'.-.. : -■- :;:;';'■;.:.■ ;-.'! Mr.:■ C;i Alokander: came.'from.'.the '■'■ Old .CountryV'andj'had. "ho:relatives" in.New,- Ze»-;. land,; with tho exception .of'an', aunt,:-who:is. stated to. live 'in Peton'o.'-Mr. : ;Alexander. was ..tfpopulaf'ohiefj.. and.'.would not Have had-the isamo.chince.as;most'of .tho;others on board,, .'ah'- injui-y.'to; .one'.'of. his.. shoulders ,r having 'practically;;deprived' him of tho.use of-one or liis arms.;;-''' : ;;';:s-\::i:ly; lU:'^)i:: : : ::;-' :.;.'.'./. ■:'" '/:}'---Mr. fi, Urquhart, , ;Chief Engineer.>; ;^ : ; -:, : -Mr. ':E,.;.:Urquhart,j. chief.. engineer,'- , whose' ;bodyihps beenVidentified,. was one,of the oldest .chief .engineers, .'in ..the [service of : - tho .Union Company , ,- and ,waS:a -resident of-.Webb Street.; : .-He.had.;been-;.bn r .the'- for. .some.'!, time'., past, and-.was. previously; chief. engineer* ; of the-Hauroto and Omapere'.; .As far baofc , ,'as;-tw€nty.;.years.; ago,' he was sec-, .ond,-engineer, ofi;the;Eotomahana.'.;/, .■-. .1.,;
:-■ IN THE CHURCHES.: ■..(■„ ■.-■'i''■■•:; :■ ■ -■■ ■ '■• •■■'.' • ;■■•.,.,.y'■■■>..: REFERENCE;'. : Sympathetic references,were, made to the .disaster in the'.ohurches , yesterday; '••■' ■ :'■'■ . .■■•■.•it:St;\PauPs:ProiCatliedral , -theßey.,T.-H. asked for the. prayers.'of, the, , congregation.for thoso who had lost relatives or friends;. :'Archdeac6n: Fancourt,- before his v; sermon,: ;said-he desired.'to: refer jtoithe shipwreck and awful'-loss' of -life, which' had happened so close to. Wellington..; During'nll his years: in. Wellington there' had never\ been: anything fo appalling.!: Shipwrecks as bad had occurred in ■othor: but never so close. to;'our own. neighbourhood, , . '. Such a 'calamity"imY pressed upon thema deep sense of. what ihey owed:to Almighty: God'for those whoso often travelled along ourcoasts withoutaccidents of this kind. •:; They felt the deepest sympathy for the many mourners and for'tnose whoso homes lhad; b'een made':desblato:'~ ! Lct them pray to God, to have'.mercy, upon those who .had; been so: suddenly, called 'away, , .and to;:comfort -the relatives., .Ho,':hoped.' all;: would, open their .hearts. I .to help, the.-.suryivors and those; who 'had been. left, desolate. -At: St. Church;.', the"..'organist,, : Dr... Fyffc, played the. ; D6ad. : March,'ui,-.''Saul" after tho .evoninjr service, v , v-' ',■;::•. ■'■■-;■<■ '/'' \' :' -'-i'':' , : - ' The: Roy.: inado brief mention of the disast.orjin bis-sermon at St. : , John's. Ohurchilast :;oyening,.j and the- Dead ■ March in "Snul , , , . was .played.hy. the organist,l.Mr. At. St.fAndrew's Presbyterian Church last eyenihgj.the Rev, J. , Gibson Smith;referred'to-the.loss.of two members,bf 'his congregation-^Mr. ~\ and : ; Mrs- Henry-T-ancl: . tho>narrow(escapo,of himself and .'portion !of. from; ■travelling',;by itho,,il!-foted. .steamer;';■• The:DeadMar'eh:^.was' , -played after ; bdth:services. ',~i : ->;i>'-\?'.:!.:■:• ■■■'■'•.:■'■/■■.:■■ ■;,' .' .;■■';. At.tho.Wesley.'Church, Taranaki:Street, the pulpit'w'as :. draped in,' black, 'and "special , hyinns'and:prayers were-used. , .'The , Rev ; J.: SerpelLspokevinvthe evening;,; his subject, the : .diHciples.,on ; itheseai,of.V.Galilee,-, being- : specially'.'.chosenin.;view :; of'tho'disaster.' -The organist, 'Mr,.' J.' lW;yHarlahd,-'played the :Dead;■ March-.after, the;.evening^^service.:. At. the vThorndqh , . v i M?tliodist,;' , ..Church. : .special ■hymns used,;:and the sym- ; pathy'.of, thßcqngregatipn'was expressed with 'tho'bereavedrelatiyes.Vv: ""X: -;\; --.'' : . ! '■■■■:'.} :.•';. '•; ; A: similar..; expression .-of a sympathy:;'; wns given ■', by; the; congregation of the .--Btiptist Ohnrch,;.Vivian Street?:> : : ; ' -■■ : V, .;;V ; : :.,.: -■i.ln:the Romnn,Catholic churches reference' was made ,to , :the .'disaster,,and;'. the .Dead ;Ma'rch; was played;.' : , ;.■';■... .-'-■,- ; .-, . : : ---\-)-' v. : !; : ;:':;.^^ ;■.-;■' The. Hon.: Dr. ;Fiidlay supplied the. infor-' .mation'; last .night. :that .he had 'instructed Colonel'.Webbj"of.the. Defence : Department," tovsend.out;twenty.or: twenty-five m4n with ; pack-horses;, to: bring; in tho ; bodies -of 'those >vho .had: lost their lives in 'the :wreck. They ■ we.re to. go:but last nightito'.Makara.'.and at , daybreak would ; leave, tor the beacbV and ■col--lectv tho .'bodies, returning: tp town between .7 and 8 a.m. V,Dr..'Findlay. added that the■ .Union; Company would, send .put. the Terawhiti to. assist,; if the' weather" permitted. The, bpdies.will be , taken-to : sqme other. ■ convenient,'place', where coffine: provided;; .:•■;:-: ■:;.:;'';';: .v r '- Dr. Findlay ond/.the. Mayor (the. Hon.':Tv W.'Hislop). nave been 'approached,- with a view 1 to :arranging for 'a public' funeral, .on Tuesday morning. .Tradespeople will be asked to close their, premises for' a couple' of hours While the funeral'takes place.. Relatives who' desire to' arrange private funerals, of course,: may-dq soi-,hut:;it:is 'proposed to bury all' others in special graves at Karpri Cemetery; •Dr. Findlay sent''a'medical, man put' to :the-beaeh last, night; to ■ adopt the: usual preservative .. measures. in "regard to"-. the I'Srowncd.- , ': .':■ "■''';,'::'' .-:;;■''; . '..-■■ '••'..'..;. ; ;..' ' Lieubdnant Mickle, arid ten. artillerymen; with horses, left- for Makara la'stnight. .::■■■ - ■■: So -far six of 'the. bodios of .those drowned have been brought to town : by means of packhorses. These are th'o remains of Mr.-'and Mrs. 0. Hale, Mr, A; ,E. Bono, Mr.;Oharles Bird,_llr.,Holcroft ) and the/ infant• child of ,Mrs. Hnnnam. ; The task wasa very arduous J? 0, ,? 8 . 0 yaek'from ; tho homestead to tho ,;Makara Road.' is very -treacherous—«nhill and down Btoep'.gradcs for about four -miles.: , -; : : .:•'■■'; .■-■.-, .-■■: ■■■ -' i. \; ,, ' ■;■
' THE ARAHURA'S SEARCH: V AN UNSUCCESSFUL QUEST. tho Arahura from' AVoiimgton.on Saturday; morning to search the;coast as far as Terawhiti, in the hopes .or being;able to render,assistance. . At 10 a.m.- sho cleared tho wharf, rocket apparatus ; and all necessities, having boon placed on board. . In the event of extra assistance ■ being: required, Captain Andorson, of tho com.panys: shore staff, nnd Mr. M'Lood, accompamed by six picked men, mado tho trip.' .-. At the Heads tho Arahura oncounterod the full force of a-southorly gale. A sharp lookout was kept, and the, first sign of wreckage, in the form of. a cabin door/was seen abreast.; of Kn-rori > Rock. ITio stcamors Komata, Petpno, ■[ Kotukii, and Mapourika wero sighted, and the last-named vessel was signalled to keep a sharp look-out Tho Arahura continued the search along the coast, clouds and epray and a heavy mist at times obscuring the land. About-a mile past tho Terawhiti Homestead threo boats wero plainly visible on tho beach, they being eoaio dietaiioe apart. When tho Arahura first sighted
tho boats, with'tho aid. of, glasses, people wero seen moving about near thoin. ■ . luirther ,up tho coast-the-'search vessel proceeded without sighting any more-wreck-ago. She- wont as far-as Ohau Bay, in the hopes of picking up the missing lifeboat. At shelter m Ohau Bay were two steamers, supposed to bo the Huia and Ripplo. , A signal, "Have you seen lifeboat?" was hoisted, but neither vessel replied. Soiiio tirao was spent m cruising about, in'the..vicinity, when tlio_ search was continued down the coast agfim. '■■• ■'■; .■*■"- ' . . , Tho. weather-, conditions, by this time had become worse. - A dense mist for tho' most partobscurea the land. Two mere pieces of wreckage wero. seen on the: return trip, -,a niece -of, hatch covering and some ' railing, both, of Hvlnch -were-recognised as belonging to tho Penguin, .There was no sign- of the Penguin herself, and tho Arahura/ after searching as far as the Heads, returned. to port aboi\t 3 p.m.'after an unsuccessful quest.
: RAFTS V. BOATS. HOW THE SAVED REACHED THE ■; '-.';■''; /; ; .v shore. : : ■ m ;'• v ; : : ;:: ~ A lesson.. ; ', ■-,■■'-:■ :' It is now definitely known that .29 persons out; of ft total of, over 90 on board the Pengum were, saved.'., In this regard it ,k interesting .to. note tho marked superiority" in value of rafts compared "to that, of open ship's boats in the, case of. a coastal wreck. Of ..the .-total of 29 saved,.. 21: souls-reached, tho.shore;. per medium of two rafts;-'a's fcompa'red with ..'the.' remaining 8, who, we; can assume, wore aided by..tho;-boats (of whiolr there wero.fivo).v On top "of this it ■ should bo. noted.that of those who took to the rafts after, the steamer, sank not one was lost whereas the ship's, boats failed utterly, to do their part. This aspeet.of thematter should pe carefully looked into and', inquiry made asto.what, kind ; of life-saving craft'is most suitable'-'to'-.vessels engaged in services within sight,of land. Here is the manner-in which 27-of the .-29 .saved- are. known to have reached the shore':— : : ; ".:',■ •";■'■ :'■ :.. ;.
:.Np.i,faft.—9 saved.(all on board). ■ -. : '•'''': ./ : No.2 v raft,—l2saved (alloh bqard).. : ■ : No. , ;!:, boat.—l.saved .(boat swamped,,:all drowned-.savc'Mr; Luke, who'swam.rbmaini f.der'.br distance , itb;shoro)i ''-'~.]-:■ '■'[ •;;-. ; :.'.' : '-..- -. No;.;2:b'oa.i.—4:Saved'(including"Mrs':.Haiin.am),'.boat;thrown upturned on beach.\ ; '-,'■: -' ■ -No'.". 3 ■ .. (captain), saved (boat smashed). -J ';-;,';; v'-; .'.-■•'■ -.'■' ■:;';.;-.;;. ;)'■■/,■' , : Nos, %■ and-s:boats.--Ileached;ttore with-' out occupants;., : '. : ,-/; v;v v " ,::V, :;'■ -;•,. ••■,.".'.-.■■.. * This list only Recounts ■for ; 27/persons.: ; Nothing could bo-ascertained: yesterdaj'' as'to how the other two reached tho shore, , but it ls ,..! usfc possiblei-.th'at.■a.iiiiscount of those on -tho:.rafts: might,'account for- , them'. -In: any caso a;lesson is.forcibly pointed. ,; ':: . ! -; ; ■'
SOniERREVIbItS DISASTERS/V . ! MISHAPS^AT'tERAWHITI.v^;^/- ;' ■:'-;: ;-^^TOJ?^^CK/-; : V^ i : >-:"xy .The.Tock-strown coast-lino -in: the 'viciriity; of Terawliiti. is a cruel spotto-bb cast upon' .in ■ a. southerly, 1 and Tom's on -which the , . Penguin"-is '.supposed to .havp;'struck, is tho;ro'ck. on which moro .than one-good ship , has split.:-Tom's .Rock lies..south-east.:from" : Karon Rock; -abont-lj miles from:th'e'shore,; but, unhko ,thp -Karori -Rock,, it is covered ' by water,- and is, practically sneaking, in the'' open-sea. -, r/.':;"-^::: , ' i :; f.-., ■;:-.;. ; :.-■■. ':■;.;;:] . Terawhiti and vicinity have'claim'ed a.num--i b*r:of.- vessels, amongst 'which nan be hum- ! Ijoredtho barques Wellington andSirmsMhb •bar(|uo '.Grassmoro 'also, struck- Tom's Rock i in; 1895- and was.lost, and the.barque-Ever-'] sham camo-to, grief ; on the same, coast, -Tom's' Rock.wasalso the cause of a severe mishap.'■! to--.tho ship ; Nelson iiv 1897. : Another barque, ; i the: Oceana,; also -came to grief, near '■'■' the capo-.about-twenty; years .'Of 'the 'niore 1 recent- mishaps in tho.:vicinity may bo.men-' tioned thobaTqueiitino.La : Bella,:which went ashore at Happy .Valley .on' Octojber 13, -1904; : I but; was subsequently refloated. On Jami-' ary: 16, 1905, Messrs.: Co.'s Blonheiin trader Namhucca struck a'rock, half a mile-west of Sinclair Head, and became-a total wreck, the Vessel being on .n .trip ffo'in' .lilenheim- to Wellington.; at-JtKe'-timb'. of 'the I accident.:.:- ,:v ~-. ...-..,,.;;■-: ..■ <; 0,;.-;.--; ~ '■ In 1906, a; serioo of;'accidents, pcctirred-in tie vicinity: of Terawhiti. O)v September 30 the .ill-fated Penguin .sighted; the-'derelict barque Xutterworth',- 'arid succeeded; in rescuing, hericrew, the: barquo .being towed intoport later by anotherysteaincr. -The Nelson trader'Tasmanf touched -bottpm riear-'-Tera-wliiti-,on November '24 in tho: same veari .Whilst ..gettingraway'from ..Wellington::.on' J, ul y.14,T1907,-tho' barquß Wcollahra Struck the .-rocks -four.miles:s6uth-cast of Torawhiti' on what :i's known as : Tongue Point, and became a total: wreckj soverallivos, beih« lost '■ and on' February. 6, 19Q8, the littlo coaster Waihi.stranded on Karori Rook.' "■:■■ '; ' ' ■ ': .Previous the New Zealand coast l ' attended by, heavy loss ; of; life : include tho following: —■ Union Company's .Tarariia. at; Bluff, on: April 29, 1881; "i TJmoii/ Company's Taiaroa, -near -Kaikpurn,- on tho. voyage,from; .Wellington. to", Lytteltori; on -'April; 12;:': 1886;'■:■■; Huddart-Parker's' Tas-! mania, at- Mahia, between: Gisborne '■ 'arid Napier; on July 29, 1897; ;Uriion ! Wairarapa, on. Great Barrier Island, Auclc-1 ■land,-on October:2B,'lßM; r and.the"Hu'ddart'i .Parker- Company's: Elingamite. n't the' Three Kings; on Novpmber.B; 1902.: : ::,"; v ;;/;:, ;^:. SUPPLIES;SENT FRpAI fHE CITY;; :';', BUCCOURI N Gj TH,E :^; : 'With, immodiato!. promptitude .provisions'I and; tother; necessaries , werev'taken. to" thei scene.-.not only by- -the.shippirig authorities but also-by two business people of, tho city; As:soon as'he heard of tho riiUhap, Mr; Gμ. 'Puinbck,;.licensee of.the Commercial: Hotel; 16aded:;up,his!motoMar with a variety,: of needful things;, including 4 cases of spirits blankets,'provisions; ■{ eto. "From inquiries hurriedly made he ascertained that the -beat way- to reach the ;spot was via South Makara. 1 ;Upon hearing;that Mr; :Nathan had-a station m- the' locality.he'communicated with A-tplephohe message,was-then sent'to: the station requesting that pack-horses, and men; should be in readiness wheu :the car. arrived; As-, lie was: familiar; with. tho district,; Mr; ■ Nathan, jun., agreed to , accoriipany tho party; It,was 'now seen that if. another car wero' re-' quisitioned better results would .be obtained.. Without ■: delay Mr. ! Almond, proprietor of tho, Trooadero Hotel/ said, he would assist, by taking, his,car. : The cars started off about .9.30 o'clock,, and before-they: got •:ti> ■'.Mr,-. Nathan's : station overtook the car. which-the U.S.S. Co.: had .dispatched ./early in the morningi but which had had'a mishap. -At the station there: were' several; horses and ,'nien waiting.for the supplies;;, With regard-to the whole-matter, Mr.iPinnock. was;fpund : to be ■very; retioent .by. a; Dominion-.reporter.; .He stated in reply.,to. inquiries,' however,: that: no i time was ' lost- ; ih."'.- distributing tho gooda among membors /of the' party and the dozen settlors who: had como ■ to assist. Onthe way to'tlio beacli they had to climb a_high rango of .hills and ford two streams. They wero somewhat .sin-prised- when about half-way thoy, woro : told that their- supplies would not bo needed as all the survivors had left lor'the oity, via Island Bay. "Of course," continued Mr, Pinnbck, "I know that there must be need for tho supplies. SVas' it not possiblo that tho missing boat might turn .up ? and might not.somo of the '■ survivors have been too weak to travel ?, So we trudged- on again • with rill. possiblo. haste. It was just as -well; wo did not turn back—which we nover for one moment thought of doing—for they ;were outof brend and.spirits at:tho station. For. an hour or two: wo ■ employed ourselves carrying the bodies up abovo tho reach of tho waves. ■ Then wo setback, for. South Makara. to tho cars, taking;with us Mts; Hannam, the sole feriialp survivor, a lad, and a sailor. Mrs. Hanriain was placed on a horse, and tho rest of us again walked. Upon our arrival in town tho lad wont to his people and Mrs. Hannam and tho sailor were accommodated by Mr. Almond." . ..: . Ycstorday morning Mr. Pinnock placed a car and tho driver who had been on tho previous day at tho disposal of tlio'Polico Department, who sent sovoral constables to the sceno in it. During the iiftornooli tho drivor, whose nanio is Fred March, sustained a serious accident. Ho was assisting in the work of convoying bodies by packhorso from tho beach to the station. After-he had strapped a body to one of tho horses ho went to walk behind tho animal, which struck out and caught him on the side.; On a rough, improvised stretcher the Unfortunate lad, who was in considerable pain, was carried to tho etation— a distance of about one and-a
half miles—where, he was p'utto bod, it.being impossible to carry him on to South Makara. : Examination of the. sufferer showed that-he had sustained a broken rib, but. it was not;known whether ho was in. any: way. further :■ injured.:. 'Shortly: after 10.30., o'clock last /night -.-. Mr, Pinriock ■ and .■■Mγ. Almond - again '.. loft, in their motor cars for South Makara. Among tho party'which intend to go-as far as the station was Dr. Holmes, who will attend to , the lad Marsh. . •:.'■,.' 'V •;'■ V ,, " ;; :,'-':' ~
'' , ■ A WELL-BUILT VESSEL. '.' '■■-■ ■'■■■■■■•.,:,:. •'.'.- ',-. ■ ■-'■ - '■ -.: :. ;'.. ■■•/.-■.:•;■ :;"'•■; HISTORY OF THE PENGUIN.: : v V Forty-five years ago; the Penguin > entered commission, and'after trading successfully in many seas, .has ended, her career in adisastious manner/. -She was built..in 1864: ; iby.Messrs. Todd and M'Gregor; of Glasgow, and has brayed :.the 'elements well. •/■ Vessclsiof more.mpdorn .oonstructipn ,engaged ! in the. same: trade, in no. way affected the Penguina3 a popular passenger steamer, and .usually , - 'sho.had heavy, bookings. ■ The dimensions of. .tho Penguin. woro :824 .'tons register, 220 ft. sin. long,. 28ft." [Bin. beam, , and. 14ft :4in. draught. , -. Tho 'engines, which'" were' installed • by-E. Napier and.Sons,- of Glasgow, were:of thft old compound order. .. ~;■.; ,''; i V '■.■■ ■': ..•'■
' Originally,:owned: ;by ;! Messrs.;' R.'BurnsiM!lvor, and Go.; oho was employed'in":'the GJasgOH'-Liverpool express trade. : The- Penguin 'at that time was considered a speedy. , craft, capable.of. steaming 15 knots.: : . Another .run was aorossitho. Irish/.Sea to ; Belfast,Varid 1 it.is. believed she was.at./onotime engagedin the Channel _trade, between - .England :and France.: i These'; exploits.: were. v :during'-,'.:her, ;younger-days,:;and : -in:the.'eighties, the' Penguin changed "hands, and lefti: the: Old Cpuri-. try for New-Zealand for the'TJriion Company, whp wero-tho purchasers, ;. ~ ■ :• a; .'; ■:- : . l; In \IBB2, shortly after, her 'Vtti e : .Union Company made'some extensive.altera-: tions to tho vessel,, and 'improved her generally. New engines and boilers were'fitted,"arid .the Pengujn, which!was,formerly a popp arid : forecastle steameri'was converted into awell-deo.k-orie. The aft poop was:lengthened; and 1 connected with the bridge, and: ments-brought herein to lino with- the ■■finest vessels .afloat in'these waters; at' that time:' one : nas;been employed in almost every one of; the several branches of trade. ;Shehas beenall oyer'the New, Zealand coast,:and"almost' every skipper in ; the service.has istepped her' bridge. .-;'.'.■ •-.... ■:?/;■>/. ! •;: .V--.;" . .■;,•; -.■■-■ ' ";■'■ '■';,- --1 " ■ r Of late the fast increasing!wp-to-da te'" ■ lleet. .of.tho .Union Company :has : had' the eilect .of. -leaving; :the 'low 'in wthe ;ranks. of _tho .-fleet,. top boat. •-Herengagements for the past few summerehavejieen principally in-'the Wel-lingtpn-Nelson-Pictonservicos, and during the 1 ;wmter-^months: '.'the 1 lay-up' bertK" at Wei--.lington, unless .requirements necessitated , her': .oeing commissioned.' .'..".•: '■'^xv-^ -■'". -^ -'\;-., :aFew.; : mishaps-:have -befallen'the'. Pen«nin; miring for ;the.;TTnion : CompanyOn one occasion \she ran Ton'the-rooks riearthe and.again came to grief- in Tory ; Channel;:::;On-.February;'26Yi9o3; -whilst mi;dfr% of- Captain it' Arthur, she' stranded on, Waihi Point,; Jaekeon's 'Head; , - oning to a heavy fog arid,.unusual/current. ■ x ™ .29™ be . r ;<»f % ■ne*t.-yeaf,-:whilst-.ii.Charge ot .Captain.Bnch'strom,' ■,-.p'e : Etr.iiulod, ; '|m : the;' west In December; old .boat/collided; with, tho- end' oi Street Wharf.':when; -leavinr' ■Portland-; on September- 3 last year'she-and the Gortie collided in, Cook Strait:-;;,W-';v^ ■'. .^^^.'A^ANGERpUS^LqCALiTV^i , ,!^' wrecks; of: .th'e/past;;::":^-;^ 1 :' The /northern-' coast-line' of -Cook-Strait^is 1 notorious for the. ; riumberl'of: vessels/which havecome'to'grief on. its;: shores;::/.:As far ;l .back.as-the,early; ,'so's'the,;barque Tyne.V bound from Lyttelton to,v7ellingt6ll,:was flung/ °f \», .southerly gale against^the l rocks- off 11 •tnemouth-of :thei:JCarori;Streani ; :; : There'•' was senpusloss of life/ii connection with tlio'-i wreck...: and,, .the; bodies' ■of ■ thp crew 'were bnned near. the- % stream,/;-The. spot/was ■ eni : '°K? ' f ''■*'■ 'or which 'wis , still standing-ten years ago." /'.:.' ./,/•- ;'- ;' - Abmit/aS64 the /old. :■ paddle: steamer/ City ,of jDunedin-'me^;.her:fett.- on .Toni'K'lfockv when ;bound .frpm'/Wellirigtori itbi the 'Weai' Coast .with/ a;big crowd ;of :diggers-bound : :for ;tho, .then : newest Eldorado: ;.Th6 wreck: was witnessecl .from ,tlie. heights :;by:.,Mrs..Dunn:[^e,n M iss MfMenamen); :buf nothing could be done to/saye.the greaternumber of-those ! ;pn ; board.-.(.'•"V^- :^V ••■?■■ -: :; ; •■-".■. '.' :,:i> ::>■■■■.■■ °' .It was about, the'■same'year-.th'at'an-'Ene-i hsh.vessel I U P?V h h e : near- Ohiro Say, to the west: of; Island Bay.- / A .good- deal iof' her ' cargo ,was .subsequently.salvaged,: but-two: : boxes of : gold,- .of fivo- on.;.bbard,..were found to be miss;mg; and it was,concliided:that ; s6mo:'oue had" visited,the ; wreck. before th(j salvors'-arrived and had: sGcuredvthe- sunken; treasure; ■* : '■' ■•'-•'/■ VX?*»,:la t «Va''^arone;.owned :by /the'/TSte' -'Drausfield (a former 1 Mayor of •.WeV v a ti:,the:.-Wellington; •Uoads, ...but ..bofpro/-her..disintegration,-- the crow, took:-, to, thoVboats^;which: were -blown - put into the Strait. , ' : One'boat , found 'a : havcn £ '^ ry : £ h . ?n ' lel i: ;on ; :t K-otheraide-vof-the P 1 be,.other.'boat 'was ■ picked ; up- in mid-Strait by a.barque called/the.John Kriox."' ,bound :; from LytteUon/to Newcastle/and -'in .tiiat manner, were 'carried■.te'-Australfc: That happened before' , ,there ,was'.cable-'cbm'munica-tion.jbetwoenvNow Zealand:.and' .Australia ' and: nearly/.two; months, .elapsed before the .rnends,.bf:the,ro'scuedj,who had- given:them up'/for : :lost, were advised; of:their , ifortunate , 'escape;-;,-Jγ- , ,. , : , -^.: , '. , -. , ~.:■.-■..> j-}-:;-' ;'-.;■:■-.■•• ■■■■■:..-■ ■■~,■
i;;; : :--:Q^":SpMEVlNCipENTS;l::l'^^"^ !• t :< ; :'M;.::O EEDS;'pF HEROISM. -£±^ Cv; ;..; '.'I, was tne.first^to:.ineet Captain■'■Ntiylor-•on.his-landmg atTeiawhiti," said Mr; Shaiy one ;.of .the '''survivors,.', to':'a ; DoitiNibk ! representative, ; ' <and. having- trayelled a great : deal across,the .strait. Ir.kneiv him-pretty well '•AVnenrhe got what has happened?.!'.;: ThV shipper Tcplibd,.'l thought , L was mside;: Jiokson'e.-■"■Head,-.'-and when, sho struck I : was puttins her -out to' sea; , .■'■'. ' This bears /out Captain- Naylpr's own : itory to oiir representatiye,-:.and Btrengthena,the 'theory that., the running' in the-: Strait-on Friday, night ivas exceptionally ■' : ■, x v i 9 shocking .calamity, that niarKed theendof .-.the Penguin ''illuminating' incident. .Captain.. Naylor,: on :-,whdm -of ail survivors, the .blow.must-hardest fall, distinguished himself by his'-tender oaro, under-tlis-' tressmg.-: oircumatancea,-- -of ..the"-'-'maimed, steward,: :on the'crazy wreck ..or. a i boat;, until he- disappeared "a''-few^^'yards' off tho.shore.- ; - ■■(..'■•'':■'- :.;■ ■.■.-- : "-:-.'U'T-.--"".--=. , '--.•,•.;- '■.-.■■ .;; Another. deed.:of -not bo.allowod to pass.: unnoticed -was'.the fine teat pf.Mr.'Riggs-Miller :(au' indent agent of Blenheim), who'carried Mr, A. Holcroft (a Blenheim upholsterer); on his back for. about fifty, ,-yards,; from, pno: of' the :rafts- to "the shore,; through a .boiling surf., One who .wasthere ; states that : it iyr&s a'; , magnificent act at the.end;of,such' a trying".experience.. -..'■ Give tho'stewardess: all .the praise you can, remarked: a; survivor. ■ ''Theiwdy.she looked- after, the iwomcn .'and- children-on the steamer.Rfter'the'boat had-struck was .eimply: wonderful.-; In the supreme etnergenoy, : her conduct was. little .'"short bf noble m-its-self-effacement and. brave consideration of others.""
ANXIOUS INQUIRERS,-;: "T .- '■■ AT THE 'COMPANY'S 'OFFICE,/ :;. ; As was to bo. oxpeoted, , Wellington'people had:no sooner fully.realised that a shipping disaster, attended .with serious .loss- of-life,' had occurred at their very.dopr, so to speak, than a steady stream of'anxiouß inauiriera thronged the .offices of the /Union. -Steam , Ship Company, in Featherst-on Street," and all day long..came aiidwent. V.lt was n pathotio procession, which came hopefully, yet with a nameless dread' beliind their optimism, >and departed according' to its mood. ; Some wore glad, because their, friends" on.'boar.d had been saved others merely relieved : ,to find that tho objects of their anxiety were riotamong the passengers; wbilp".others "again, came out of' the olßco ehatter'ed : and dazed by the. intelligence that for thorn and theirs : there was no hope. Tho compahyje officials, were courtesy;itself, and, as-soon a« authentio intelligence of the survivors had como to hand, posted up, in tho main corridor and inside the office, lists of the passengers who, as far as could 'then- be ascertained,"- had booked by. the ill-fated steamer, arid also: thoso who. ; . had boon saved. About each of these notices, little crowds of ansioue. men and women hung; anon the Orowda would
break, and-there would emerge, someone, wHo' ■had discoyerod.the worstf-or'the;bpst. : There was a little crying, but,'"on the whole,"there was little '. manifestation' of' emotion.' save a drawn expression of. the-countenance, .orj 1 in some oases, ,an aspect of utter dejection' and misery.-. , :■;•:■ .' : ; -o;.//;..:/. ;.y>./.'N^\;
.;,; ■■;":.::j'- :; A narrows escape.; ; >: /i;- '.S; : v- ! The':Ee7^J. : :Gibson.Smith/'Ws 1 daughters; and: infant child had 'a.very.liar- v. .row escape f rom : being passengers; by, the Ten- . ';' gum on. her- disastrous, trip;A; 'Mr-TiSibeon^ ' -Smith.had been enjoying hia annual.holiday,:■ /and/with these members-: of -his family; To-'-: ■ turned from Pictori by:the Pa'teena on TMi-s^,':o : day.;- They had very serious thoughts'of-d> ''- laying their, departurefrom thac port- t'ul- • I'nday; and retailing by:the Penguin.;-- The prospects , of/rough weather/for'the PateeuVs'.'''--' voyage urged'them.:.strongly■ towards :■:'- this'course, .but, fortmatelyj^iere- was : a.coun- ' - of Mr. Smith had come- ; i to Wellington from; Melbourne,'and as -his" family were ansious'tp see asS'muchof'her ■': .as >- possible during: ;her/. visits/they :-decided>V: to come homo^by Thursday , s■boat.''By doing.'- :*?, they escaped the* 'shipwreck;. -It is : a' coiii- • ' ; T cidencethat the. same consideration 61 bad- v .weather iwhiclv tompteid: Mr.-' Smith to defer- i; his: voyage . from .Thursday to Friday, 'de- ' cided Mr. arid; Mrs.i Henry o ;put off ' ■■■■■ their '..trip fronwFriday 'until -Saturday,: :and : '* ■■ .by : leaving: on;.the '■ former,, date'-, they. ■ met ~ :theirv : death;.:-:: >■" "\'*;a-.-. '•'.'■: V. ; ' ; :>- : ■■''\>- '■■ ■'-.■•'■ ,;
v; 'AM HOSPITABLE;)! OMESTEAD;:. J i -;; The hospitality: of : ; Mf.xJohn.li'Menamenia >:'' not: of to-day. :: For'many, years thosewhose-'W •yfa^Brd.\f€<!t■.baTO;OT^^:■■■thβm^^thlli ; haiU■•V■■.••■. ingydistarice. of-the station;-homestead-which ; • overlooks .' Cook's; Strait ? i fonV'' 'the : '' beetling ■ J ■*' : ..: cliffs'of rugged Terawhiti-have.'okperieucedCa '&i taste' of tlie' ; generous hospitality;that is; prof- : ;.:".-■■■ f ered to: all, irrespective of class or :creed, - and' ■' i 1; many have of "reasons speaking"' iri in terms.of.the;,"warmest:approbation,ofithe varied /dispensed'.'at'. men's.":;;; wasVfortunatethose.poople■ whb.surviyed ; the. r'i;■■:■'■ night ; afttr: the: down : were €:■: : posited so near,suchia place : as;Mr. M'Mena- .''s : men's.-'..The head of;, the'family couldVnot'-dd-:"'. more;than : : h6.did;do: to succour.the distressed; : : :; Every 'room in the open: to ' them,,: and. subsequent"visitors' on Skturday^'-''V•: mbrnihg.r .Sheep .were killed; ;an'd:'dairy and*''■.: .larder: :at; : their 'eritire^disposal.iO- '■'■'■ Every;' manvwast given .'dry' clothes.'of some' v> .descnptiohj ensuring Jcomfort -.without'as 'well' : ;'? .•aa".Tntliin.t'o:.tlie;Wear^ , 'toa:wora.-:^Tlie''seieA3:i^ : T ..engineer; 'Penguin,"'Mr.":inkie;^putiof.^V : -- 'gratitnde; , , presentedv Mr. M'Menamen Vwith 1 .;- ,: - the:pnly;thing ; he.had.say.ed-.from'.the ship—i-fi. his > chief i'engineer's :-.\-- certificate,".:: It ''■■ might ■ ■■ - : '■ seem;a he:, had.':?trbggled:V's'p.'..hard.' >to.:^^'save, : but,'?it'.K.''. showed'.viyidly.^^^the,;feelings;:bf T:'.:' ■for; the^^iman'.'whosey generous ■; bounty ;, : weht :.:-•: far, to ..make-'aid'ends;; for;; that; linhospitable' <v Coast.-; l; .;.-i^ ;i ;, , ;^ l .> ;;ua;:■'.<;/;;.■::';^v-<v--v-': --vy^
v7.AU steamers on- the New' Zealand S••; .-■-• compelled; onoe a! month:,ln."■most' , caseWt.'iß:-.Kdd''ti;hils I vessels^are'■ in"port;'as to' ; 'hold''them•'. at'Vsea'• - : : ' :^ ; wou]d BonecessarUyidelay" \-: .tice'.ißyreaUy:made;compulsoo''Bp : aa'to'malte'.--; l fr tta men allotted'to the■;yanoufr,Watß'fainiliar?.'": v i!i' ; 'v"v. places iirjtime of ,i' '^. : 'i'i disaster.', ■.•■;For : ;-instance, : . v in.: the'-oas'e''pf T tbe.-'-';'ii'.•-, Wwkare^;^ich: ; ;lias;;;\«ght;;il>oats )^li!::.'thes: ; v':' Tuf event;of ;mißhap-..ocourring and tothe> .'^ ;: ! .boatsJnebessaryj'the : captain.' would'tate ; No A l, : vfte : \cnief-officer No> 2,'-the fportlr;officer ■ No.i3i the third officor''Npr'4,'the. second , offi- ' : o;'.Vi; l / O6iyNo^s, ; the "carpenter; No/ , 6^aniA3.. : Nd; 7jjarid-theVlamp-tnmmer'Nbi-;.B'. ; '■■'■; - : :)^ : :"-- ■-■y';-V-.. |;
jj.TheTJnicn. ;Company!s !tug Tera^hiti^ •wM ; have rgone. round-to,liejsceno.-bfc'the : -■■'■' yesferdayjinprning,:_arrangemehts haying been ;, "5 ; < made; k) leave the city:ai7-,a.m^?But.atiithal;'; v.jv time tho •.weather: vaa. ,bo ' atrocious'>that' the ■ ''■:!■■'i idei fpr : ;a ;'time, .tb^be^abandoned^^Hiei^ :: '.-- :' ; tug Jmanaged;;-to get away;: sfibrtly after:S 9:; ; : .-'•.- '■. aim.',- and I after : a;temi>estuou3 trip;: there be- : : iV : v iijg aj tremendoiis. sea: running■ "forked round. h ' ' to.; the, vicinityVpf ;Teraw}iiti;v,but., it .was ■iin-i)!:;,' ;po!ssij)le.to ;get anywhere .near.- the^ i'mf linel.yesse'l'at. length; came; bapTififetufnihg'.'toH.d'lS iown after : ; were made.for:t|iel Terawhiti'WMye' again'aJ, B;a.m.:to-day^'::;: i~^: •■■!■:■";<;.''•.;.;■•,.:.■"'•,'':'■ ''•>;■'v;;'':■'/v'"ji''' v - > -
;; (Bic , tELSG^ira—rniss; *ssoctiT;bii.); .^■'■- '■-:;,-/ : ' •:■ h< Btehlieim,:Febfuary 14^v ■:■ : ; v^Captain: Eckfbrd;- , of.; thor'^rivef. : steam'eV : ; Opawa,, who/has.-traded;.Wtween Wellington:'.' and ; Blenlleim;'.for'many; ; year3,;'an'(l/: .GopkiS£rait::.thpro'ugUy' J ';'MjS'.taere , :'oertainlj ; -'i'r.\ was aVverj'! strong - current.' in /the-Sirait'or, 1 ' ■''. Sattirday/'whehhecrosseJ-With-the Opawa,'but/■' ;it.)yas not. abribrinal. '■ 16 .was.natural to such S ;heavy. /southerly; weather: l> : Hiss ayin ■ passaged'.' from Wellirigfen;to::Wairau ; £ar-bcoupied'fi-:'. : ' ;teeh the "ordinary ;timei Heia""';■' . of opinion that, in such;thick, arid stormy,;wea- f ' ther a 'passenger; vessel's'bpstplan'/is to/re^; , j> . train /from ': venturing'''. out .'on , the 'coursn ;6h' : ' ; I which, Tbm!s li-ock' is. siich a /great A : .' :l]ghthouse..bn ; .Terawhiti: would , ;bo "absolutely :.S . useless , in .such/; thick. -,; weather,,-and ■- guns ' ■<»ujd. r not'.b^- : hoa'rdyas; , the..'wmd. , was ;, ib.ldwina'^ ; . , ' : 'in the.,wrprig,dircction; : /:fl:-v:-;.-; : - : ;/: - : ■"- '■ ;/v-- :; ;/
v:;' , MES3/VbE(FRp^;SiRjJAMESiMIUtsj';- :: ■ ■'■ ■ '"1 ?W '-: :- '','. ,; -The, Prime: Minister has received tho-foV , lowmg'message .from;Sir..James-.Mills; "inan- ! aging; director; of :;the\ Union Company ': : '.- , who ; is now m;Sydney :7 -:V.Am'griteful .to you , for expression -.of; sympathy);and coffer: of assist. anoe,, which has : .beeri.communicated to ime i-hereby Am, deeply/.-distressed sad; loss of life, v,; :-i/: " '.:'—7-? ■'■'''•:'?;:/ ■•-■v-;-. ; >V-; ;■;. ■.:
; W::;'i- -'■;■'■: LS;'; V r : !M:;%V;K: £ The .Postal idvico on l; ' 'eatOTday;that\tho-.mMlf-Mrncd:by:'the.'Pen-'--' :, gum.• (which - have :n(it : ■ beki':• recovered) coa- ' sist of ;24;:bags,and nine iahiperii.;'- Of these. : V -bags.;aiid'vtwb , .;hammirs are :; . .filled; ; wKcH ':'ivaa- v being Teturned:;frbin -Nelson id the Depart- - .mental;.storekeeper';' ->;": '':j:li;'!x^i ■'.'-.■':■ ■■ .y V s ' ■ T t'! L l^he;-duthorities 'witf .X.;.shali v go tb-the scene:wUh ; .a-diver:to^re- : '-' . : 00Ter. the mails:(if.possible) -free. , of:charge,"-:i romarkod Mr.-;A. Go.iv,'who. is 'weUilmawn ia 'V connection with salvage wbrltjio aDoMiiffoN ,; reporter-yesterday.vi :< ';■■ '>.■ ■ : ;^'-:. : '~--^■'. '■ :■;■' j<
■■■ : : i T|tEPH^K ;i ANp^TELE(SRAPHS.^V : -Vr: yTHe : ; icting-Scoretary /of ; - tho //PosV ■■ Telegraph;Department;,:(Mr; 'm' ; ft- Morris) '-^ ■ dispatched ofiicials--to ,the cable afr' , - ' ; trtcrangrXvmilpbeyond Mr. • M'Menamen'sY' ■' : ■establish;byOniediiimi of • theV ; taUff':wiro' !, telephonic \ cpmmunicatioti: ! ;yesfcrday'to en---' ablo::mesßagcs in connection .-with ; the* wreck'': , . ' to M;received or-dispatched;.; The Ppsfrahd■ ; •'•'• "ele^raph.Denartment;is-tb;be,congratulated ' : ' ■on the;completeness" of its arrangements : to '■' cope with the:cniergericy.'! ?.■.'■:.•.:; :; - :'• :;■ •.• '
; . :; ;ha3'.yet been:fix«d for:an lntoth^:, - : . ; ; : ■■-::.s, ■ ': v .:..:,■..?/?.';.
.. The following .passengers' from: Nelson '."by. tho::l'fflguin'proceed&d.no further than Pio. ton; (says "a ' Asspoiatlfin telegram) :— Mr. .and ■-Mrs. .ltutherford, i: Mr. : and Mra Ounninghame,; Mrs.. ■ Jennings,. Mr. and Mra! : Jacka,'and.; several,, others,' names' ; do I,ot appear/on -tho 'passenger list,-are re-: portod to,have been: on the steamer; and , mquirios/Ore being niade in'regard to these, Tho Hannamvfamily, como from-'Tadffior. ™adec wnsaSto.Ke Orphanage'boy. on hisway to a farm at Wellington. '.Miss Hunt's parents,'reside';at c Motueka. ; '; ;: : ,': ; :. '.'The name of "Mr.".Courtney" appeared on the missing.'lists'posted':'ui> in various parts of tho city. Hovroyer, Mr. A. L. Cpurtenny, ; traveller. , "fer Messrs. Kempthorne,-, Pidsser and'Co./telegrKphed:'from; Pict'oDi-s.thting' that , :he' had not joined-: the Pengnin." ~ : Mr.; Robert EUison,ywho. amongst:;tho sorvivors,. is', trayolling ; representative'■"•■ of Messrs. $dward. :Andorsoii and Co Ltd :«fWiHis Street.;-.: ';■::. .. : -r:;; : ';'•;.;■;:
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16,547THE PENGUIN WRECKED. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 7
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