RELIC OF BOYD MASSACRE
altar cross from timber.
The burning of the ship Boyd by hostile Maoris in 1809 at Whangaroa is re-, called by the fact that Mr. S. Clerk, of Te Awamutu, has made a small altar cross from a piece of timber whmli. was recovered from the old hull ot the vessel many years ago and presented to Mr. Clerk bv the late Captain Farquhar, a well-known coastal shipping masj ter savs the “New Zealand Herald. The cross has been presented to Mr. Atkey, curate of St. John’s Church. Te Awamutu, by Mr. Clerk. Mr. C .lcrk savs that Captain Farquhar obtained the timber by blasting portion of the hull—the vessel had been burned to water level at the time the massacre took place—and he had had it m bis possession several years before handing if to Mr. Clerk about.2o years ago. Ihe cross is about 9in. high and stands on a pedestal of the. same timber. Mr. Clerk also has in his possession a small piece of timber taken from the wreck, of 11.M.5. Orpheus, which was lost on the Manukau Bar on February ~ ISG.S
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 86, 10 January 1928, Page 3
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189RELIC OF BOYD MASSACRE Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 86, 10 January 1928, Page 3
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