THE WRECK OF THE ELINGAMITE.
MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PBKSS ASSOCIATION. ] PALiiERSjcTs North, ThursdayThe Manawatu Times reports that quite recently one of the Messrs. Symes, of Waverley, picked lip a bottle on the Waverley beach containing a message from Miss McGuirk, the brave stewardess of the Elingamite, whoso death from exposure and starvation was so universally mourned. A"® message is a simple intimation that the vessel had struck on the Three Kings, and that those on board had taken to the boats, it was contained in a bottle, which Had originally held some kind of paste, ■ .and was evidently taken from, the ship's pantry. The bottle was seaworn, and gave indications of having been washed about for a considerable time. The interesting relic is being sent on to the relatives of the late MissMcGuirk, who will no doubt prize it highly as evidence of her devotion to duty and the dauntless courage with which she braved the appalling ordeal of imminent shipwreck.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12301, 19 June 1903, Page 5
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