THE TARARUA DISASTER.
[united press association.] Dcnkdim, Bth May. The Time 3 correspondent telegraphs from Wyndham on Saturday that thirteen more bodies have been recovered from the wreck of the Tararua, fonr of whom have been identified, viz. — John Snoone, Alexander Rae, William White, and Robert Shaw Russell Marsh. One is the body of a man about 50 years of age, five i'eet in height, stout build, with light beard mixed with grey, wearing heavy boots with heel and toeplates, dark coat, and light-colored trousers. He carried a miner'B chamois bag. Ten bodies have been interred in tho Kortroso cemetery. As numbers of bodies are nowcoming ashoro, it has been determined to bury them within an enclosure of an acre of land near the scene of the disaster.
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Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 107, 9 May 1881, Page 2
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128THE TARARUA DISASTER. Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 107, 9 May 1881, Page 2
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