EVENTFUL PASSAGE OF THE S.S. TARARUA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1138, 4 October 1880, Page 2

EVENTFUL PASSAGE OF THE S.S. TARARUA.

A Passenger Drowned. Love at First Sight. The following events, we learn from the Melbourne Age, occurred on board the above steamer on her late trip from New Zealand to Melbourne, one of which, unfortunately, has been of a fatal character : — A steerage passenger who embarked at Dunedin was missed o;i Tuesday morning, the 14th, and though every search was made, and the whole of the passengers mustered, no trace of him could be found. From documents discovered in Im pocket book his name proved to be Michael Carr, lately a resident of Southbridge Canterbury. He was last seen by a tellow passenger in his bunk at 10 o'clock on Monday night but was not miased until 6 next morning. Garr had been Buffering from neuralgia ; it can only be surmised that the deceased went on deck during the night and was precipitated overboard, as a heavy sea was running at the time, and a hard gale was blowing from the south, causing the ship to roll heavily. During the time he was on board he appeared to be a steady and respectable man, but rather reticent. An event of a far less sorrowful character occurred on the Friday previous, when one of the steerage passengers gave birth to a pair of fine boys, all of whom are doing well. Much sympathy was felt for the poor woman, no medical man being on board, but Mr. Jones, the purser, who has had a little experience, rendered all the assistance necessary. The mother had every reason to be thankful for Mr. Jones' ability and attention. The next noticeable event was one which terminated very happily viz., a marriage. A gentleman who by accident was carried on from Port Chalmers, gained the affection of a young lady, who with her parents, were passengers en route to England. Such was the devoted attachment of the young couple that a special license was obtained at the Bluff, where they were married, the young lady returning to Dunedin with her husband.