A MEMORIAL OF THE WAIRARAPA.
[By IKLKOItAPII.-PJiK.IH ASSOCIATION. Dunkdin, Monday. The monument in memory oi tho stewardesses who lost their lives in tho Wairarapa while unselfishly performing their duties, is now in position in the Northern cemetery, and occupying an angle at the main entrance, is the first to meet tho eyo of the visitor, It is of white marble on a granite base, and bears the following inscription " In memory of Charlotte McDonald, Annie Macquaid, and Lizzie Grimrod, stewardesses', who were drowned in the wreck of the sis. Wairarapa, Groat Barrier Island, 29th October, 1894. Erected by the stewardesses in the U.S.S. Company's service." At the foot of tho granito an achor-shaped wreath of roses and forget-me-nots has been'laid. The whole of the money was collected by the stewardesses; "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10033, 21 January 1896, Page 5
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130A MEMORIAL OF THE WAIRARAPA. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10033, 21 January 1896, Page 5
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