THE TASMANIA BENEFIT
Cases of distress from the Tasmania wreck continue to come up day after day. Mr Bustin, fireman on the unlucky ship, is now in Dunedin. He informs us that none of the crew saved anything whatever. All the steerage passengers—between thirty and forty—lost everything, Mrs Brown, of Kaitangata, lost seven years' savings and all her household furniture and effects Mr Bustin himself has a wife and seven children. This is his third wreck. He and Mr Ivimey, one of the passengers, speak most highly of the treatment of the Gisborne people. The boat only gave two light bumps; many passengers thought it was merely waves breaking on the boat. Of course the greatest sufferers are the widows and orphans of the drowned sailors. We remind our readers of the entertainment on Wednesday next at the Princess's in aid of the sufferers.
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Evening Star, Issue 10394, 16 August 1897, Page 2
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144THE TASMANIA BENEFIT Evening Star, Issue 10394, 16 August 1897, Page 2
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