WRECK OF THE WAIRARAPA.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 224, 5 November 1894, Page 3

WRECK OF THE WAIRARAPA.

Later Particulars. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. Andrew Kelly, a single man, brother-in-law of Mr Feldwick, of the Octagon, is among the drowned in tho Wairarapa. Mr Scoullar had an accident policy for £SOO in the Scottish Insurance Company, of which he was a local director. Mr White was a pioneer settler of Queensland, and was on a visit to his family, as was his custom at this time of the year. John While, solicitor here, is one of his sons. Wellington, Last Night. The wife and child of Mr H. Baldwin, head storeman in tho employ of Reeves & Co., produce merchants, were on board the Wairarapa and must have been drowned. Mr Chick, one of tho drowned, was an hotelkeeper in Dunedin, who had been making a round trip to Australia and Fiji for the benefit of Ins health. He leaves a

wife and family. Mr Ferguson, Harbor Board secretary and engineer, wires that the experience is too vivid and dreadful to share at present with the public. He and his wife are both much exhausted but quite uninjured. Mr John Madden, who is mentioned as being instrumental in saving the lives of several others, is a brother to Mr Madden of this city. Madden, who is a driver employed at Woollongong, was coming over on a visit to Wellington to see his brother. Mr F. Corrie, who attempted to take tho line ashore, came from Scotland to settle in the colony. His brothers are farmers near Marton, and he is on his way to join them. The five Chinamen on board were coming direct from China to Wellington. Three were drowned and two are survivors, and are coming down by the Mahinapua to-night. Auckland, Last Night. Tho reason Mr Rose, collector of cublums, gave for refusing to adiaitthe press to tho inquiry was that it was really only a preparation for a magisterial inquiry, and facts might possibly be brought out tending to bias the minds of the court and public. The above ivas issued as an extra on Saturday. Auckland, This Day.

The horses on board the W airarapa were cut adrift by the man in charge of them as ho thought if any of the passengers clung to the horses they might be saved. At the inquest Charles Spencer complained strongly that the Union Company did not send a boat from Auckland to tl : n lintel ho new;. r Johnston, tl i . ud that even if the v.-- :n r had been despatched it could not arrived at the island till d<n . h boats t di-p il, and did cv.-ryS in<» within tho bounds of possibility. The steam ur Nautilus was chartered by the coroner, and left for the Island on Saturday afternoon. Mr Bray, of Onehunga, received a tele gram from Sydney stating that his sen did not leave in tho Wairarapa. The body must have been wrongly indentified. All the mails were recovered except six bags. The body of Bird, a miner from Coolgardic. had 333 sovereigns on it. The Royalist will search out seawards for bodies taken away by the current. One hundred anil forty pounds /as found on another man unindentified. Thousands lined the streets at the funeral of the Misses Flavall and Williams. The sister of the latter, who was 12 hours in the water, is now in a critical condition. Her hair lias turned grey. So far 62 bodies have been recovered The Magisterial inquiry concerning the wreck of the Wairarapa is now proceeding. Christchurch, This Day. The Governor has received a cable from the Secretary of State for the uolonies expressing sympathy and regret at the loss of the Wairarapa. The Fire Brigade will endeavor to raise £IOO for tho fund.