Tutanekai. It was in about 1863 that Captain Fairchild joined the Government Service, and during his service received the New Zealand Medal, and was presented by the Government with a silver salver for his exploits during the Maori war.
On July 4, 1898, New Zealand lost one of her finest sailors. The fatality was the result of a pure accident, for which no one could be held to blame. The Tutanekai lay alongside the Hailway Wharf at Wellington, where she had been loading all day with railway iron for Greymouth. Captain Fairchild was on deck standing on the after end of the forehatch superintending the shipping of a donkey boiler. The boiler was in the slings, and had already been lowered to the bottom of the forward h"atchway when the winch was stopped to enable the load to be swung into position. Suddenly the pin of a heavy iron shackle at the masthead snapped, letting the gear attached to it fall on to' the ' deck. The iron shackle struck Captain Fairchild with terrible force on the, back of the head, and he fell to the deck, dying shortly afterwards. Captain Fairchild's funeral was one of the largest ever seen in the city, and it reflected the respect and admiration of not only the shipping community, but also the general public, for one of New Zealand's hardiest pioneers. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 153, 26 December 1936, Page 18
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