In Memoriam.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 147, 2 December 1884, Page 2

In Memoriam.

(Wellington Paper.) The only surviving female of the few persons who were rescued from the wreck of the ill-starred Strathmore has passed on to, m all» probability, again meet those with whom she was associated m the dire catastrophe on ihe cruel rocks of the Crozets. Frances Wordsworth, whose obituary notice appears elsewhere, was known as the " herione of the Crozets," she being the only female who escaped at the wreck of the Strathmore, and for long mouths participated m the hardships and sufferings endured by the survivors until the rescuing vessel came. The incidents of the wreck are no doubt still familiar to most ot our readers. After recovering m a measure from the sufferings of that trying time. Mrs Wordsworth re. turned to England, and eventually came to New Zealand with her son and daughter. The former, with his family settled m Wairarapa j the latter resided with her mother m Wei-, lingtou, and the two followed the occupation of teaching music and dancing. But Mrs Wordsworth never entirely overcame the shock her constitution received at the wreck and during the subsequent struggle for life on the Island. She had been ail* ing a considerable time, and died last Saturday of general breaking up of the system.