WRECK OF THE TATHRAS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 22 January 1912, Page 7

WRECK OF THE TATHRAS

SURVIVORS REACH

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. SYDNEY, Jan. 22.'

The captain and a number of the wrecked Tathras' crew have arnv d. Tl■ eir story.adds little to the cabl^l d =ifculs; There were severity !aboard. V^hen ruriung back to port before a sucden sto^m"a;big'seo..-prolc«,''ov.er-:'and sWoir.'ped th &"sties3£er, which settled- -and sank. •7 he first and second boats got el ear. but many still aboard the ship -were thrown into the sea. Some were picked up after being hours in the water, but twentyfour, were drowned.