The Wreck of the Taiaroa
There is little fresh news of any interest. The Magisterial inquiry commenced on Saturday morning before Mr Stratford, R.M., at Wellington, when the evidence of Captain George Thompson was taken. No effort having been made to got the Taiaroa off, it docs not appear likely that any attempt to do so will now be successful. The hull is slowly but surely listing seaward, and the cabins arc gradually being gutted, the seas now breaking right through the vessel at high water. A good deal of the perishable articles on the vessel and her machinery might be saved, were prompt measures taken to do so, but every hour is valuable. The shingle is working round the starboard side of the steamer very rapidly, assisting to give her a greater list seaward, at the same time burying the hull. The vessel may at any moment bo put over on her beam ends, when she would quickly fill with shingle, and then practically nothing could be saved, the beach being such au exceedingly bad one to work
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1822, 19 April 1886, Page 2
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179The Wreck of the Taiaroa Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1822, 19 April 1886, Page 2
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