TRAGEDY AT PITCAIRN.
ISLANDERS LOSE SCHOONER
Misfortune has overtaken the Pitcairn Islanders, the inhabitants of that lonely spot in the Pacific whose only communication with the outer world is by an occasional passing steamer. When the Essex, which arrived at Lyttelton on Saturday, stopped at the island to pick" up mails, the islanders reported that their only schooner, built with their own hands after long months of toil, and launched a year or two ago with an imposing semi-religious ceremony, had been lost. How or when the schooner was lost the islanders did not say, nor did they mention whether the mishap had been attended with loss of life. The schooner was their only means of inter-island communication, and the islanders are once again confined to the narrow limits of their own island.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19210203.2.87
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17696, 3 February 1921, Page 6
Word Count
133TRAGEDY AT PITCAIRN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17696, 3 February 1921, Page 6
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.