THE WRECK OF THE S.S. TARARUA.

Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 101, 2 May 1881, Page 2

THE WRECK OF THE S.S. TARARUA.

LATEST PARTICULARS. THE SECOND MATE'S STORY. STATEMENT OF THE FIRST OFFICER. REVISED LIST OF OFFICERS AND CREW. NAMES OF THE SURVIVORS. | FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Dunedin, 30th April, 7 p.m. Tbe Hawea left Port Chalmers at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and stood south-west until 4.30 am. to-day, when her engines were eased to dead slow. At 6.30 we caw a flare of light on our starboard boam. We bore down, and at 7 o'clock fonnd it came from the ketch Princo Kupert. A boat was immediately put off from her, and on its arriving alongside we fonnd that it belonged to the Tararua. It had eight men on board, including the second mate of the Tarartta (Mr Maloney) who was in charge. Having taken the men on board, the Hawea proceeded on under easy steam, and presently found herself in the midst of a mass of floating wreckage and dibris of cabin fittings, caies, mail bags, and banks, which were strewn thickly over the surface for miles. Ihis was fatal evidence that the Bteamer had broken up. At pr«s«nt only seventeen*" are known to be saved, viz., eight men^rn the second mate's boat, eight Been to hind, and one who swam ashore with the news. Of the eight saved in the boat, the names of only four have been ascertained, viz., . James Maher (engineers' storekeeper), William Hill (steerage passenger), Mr. Maloney (second mate), and Jas. Burnett (seaman). The other four saved fn the boat vere seamen, two of them being Dutchmen, but their names have not been ascertainable, as a boat is away with them The Kakanui, which had come round from the Bluff, is hanging round the scene of the wreck. Captain Sandstrom saw nothing of the Tararua last night, but he saw lights ashore this morning, and advised that boats should be sent to search the coast. Two boats were accordingly sent on that mission, and until they return nothing definite can be known respecting the probable number of the saved. The Kakanui picked up one body — that of a man, with a passage ticket for England in hia pocket. The Hawea picked up a little baby girl, the daughter of Mr. Hill, the steerage passenger already referred to. Eight mail bags have been recovered out bi about thirty on board. None of them contain English letters, those picked up being mostly Hobart and Launceston letters. It ia believed that about 130 were on the steamer all told. Every one on board the Hawea is in great state of uncertainty as to who are saved and who drowned. The ship probably Btfuok between a quarter and half a mile from hind. This is corroborated in all essential' particulars by Mr. Hill, the passenger saved. Following is the corrected list of officers and crew : — Master, T. J. Garrard ; chief officer, L. Lindsay : second officer, Maloney ; chief engineer, A. Munro ; second do, A. Livingstone ; third do, A. Sutherland ; purser, W. B. Jones ; carpenter, J. Morrison ; chief steward, C. Allen; stewardess, Miss Aitken. Crew (so far as known) — Deck hand, J. Logan; lamp trimmer, h. Johnston ; J. Weston, Dixon, J. Burnett, 0. Stewart, G. Horan, F. Denz, T. Nicholson, J. Gibb, H. Poilson, E. M'Dermott (boy). Engine depactment — W. Adams, donkey man ; D. Corbett, fireman ; W. Loban, fireman ; A. Armsstead, fireman ; F. Kohl, trimmer ; F. Maher, trimmer ; H. Fitzpatrick, trimmer ; S. Armstead, trimmer. Stewards' department—Jas. Warren, second steward ; W. Brien, bedroom steward ; J. Cartledge, bedroom Bteward ; W. Smith, pantryman ; T. Haynes, second pantryman ; W. Collins, forecabin steward; W. Davidson, second forecabin steward; Chas. Silva, messroom Bteward ; Antonio Minckelif, ohief cook ; Louis Karmena, second oook. The vessel parted amidships towards the afternoon, and at 2.35 this morning. Bhe became a total wreck, the mast breaking and the hull went over broadside, drowning all who remained on board.