OBITUARY
MRS. BRIDGET MCGLONE. One of the survivors of the wreck of the ship City of Auckland on Otaki Beach on October 22, 1878, Mrs. Bridget McGlone, has died in Lower Hutt at the age of BG. Born in Emly, Ireland Mrs. McGlone lived for more than 50 years in the Napier-Hastings district. As a girl of 17, Mrs. McGlone was a jpssenger in the City of Auckland, on her way out from Ireland to New Zealand. The ship went aground in darkness, but all the 240 passengers and the crew were saved, being helped ashore by the local Maoris. They were then taken to Waikanae in bullock-wagons and from Waikanae? to Wellington in the Government itearner Hinemoa
MR. W. T. ARMITAGE. The death has occurred al Otaki, of Mr. W. T. Armitage, aged 86. Mr. Armitage, who was well known in the district, had been in indifferent health lor some time. His wife predeceased him.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 30 September 1947, Page 4
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