COASTAL STEAMER BURNT
EIGHT LIVES LOBT. .
ONLY ONE MEMBER OF THE
GREW SAVED.
[Pen United Phbss Association.]'
CHEISTCHUBOH, September 16. News was received from Cheviot that the coastal steamer Tuimri. 128 tons, which loaded a- cargo of benzine at Lyttelton yesterday for Wanganui, was beached at 2 o'clock in tho morning on fire in Gore Bay. off the Waiau Hirer. Tho vessel was owned by tho New Zealand Refrigerating Company, had a crew of nine, and the master was J. C. Cowan, of Wanganui. A ware has been -received stating that the body of a man had been washed up on Gore Bay beach. Later. Tho Tainui is a complete wreck. Eight lives were lost, only one member of the crew being- saved. The following are the names of the crew : Master, J. C. Cowan, Wanganui. Mate, \V. K. Stevens, Wanganui. Engineer, E. Greenwood, Wellington. Firemen—A. Fuller and W. Townsend, Wellington, Sailors—C. Williams, D. M'Lean, and J. Howard, Lyttelton. Cook, W. Farrand., Wanganui. Later. W. Farrand, the shin's cook, was the only member of the Tainui's crew saved. Five bodies have been washed ashore.
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Evening Star, Issue 17149, 16 September 1919, Page 4
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184COASTAL STEAMER BURNT Evening Star, Issue 17149, 16 September 1919, Page 4
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