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ashore on the reef, but had to give up; another three drowned trying to swim to the beach. Eight of its nine crew survived, and the locals who had gathered on the shore could not repair it. The remaining boat could no longer reach the ship, due to the waves, and stood out to sea in the hope of flagging down a passing ship to help. The
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to leave port with supplies. Meanwhile, the wind and waves had risen. Around noon, six passengers who were strong swimmers were taken close to shore; three managed to get through the surf, with the help of the earlier volunteer, but the others drowned. On a return trip, one man attempted to get
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to list to port. George Lawrence got in a boat and then jumped into the waves to swim ashore to warn a man who was named Charles Gilbee who rode his horse to Wyndham to send a message. At 11 am a wave caused the bridge to fall. At 1 pm, it was not marked urgent. At 2 pm the
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took over 20 hours to sink, with the stern going under around 10 pm a voice yelled out “a boat for God’s sake a boat”. The last cries of the victims were heard at 2:30 am when a loud crash was heard before a loud cry then stillness.
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was also blamed for not keeping a proper lookout, from which breakers would have been heard in time to avoid the reef. The court recommended that steamers should carry enough lifebelts for all their passengers (there were only twelve on the
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A court of inquiry found that the disaster was primarily caused by the ship's captain failing to establish his correct position at 4 am, before changing course to head west. An
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About 74 bodies were recovered, of which 55 were buried in a nearby plot that came to be known as the "Tararua Acre". Three gravestones and a memorial plinth remain there today.
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and Hobart. Steering by land on a dark night, with clear skies overhead but a haze over the land, the captain turned the ship west at 4 am believing they had cleared the
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had a narrow escape on a previous voyage in 1865, suffering no damage after grounding on a beach at
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in 1864, her original capacity was 523 tons (net) but alterations later increased her net
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A. Asbjorn Jon, 'Shipwrecks, Tourism and The Catlins Coast', Australian Folklore 2008
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on 29 April 1881, and sank the next day, in the worst civilian shipping disaster in
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should be built at Waipapa Point. The lighthouse began operating in 1884.
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Struck fast to Otara Reef at Waipapa point on 29 April 1881
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The S.S. TARARUA Wrecked in Foveaux Strait 29 April 1881
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started to break apart, and it took until 5 pm for the
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New Zealand Shipwrecks: 195 years of disasters at sea
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Index


Union Steam Ship Company
Gourlay Brothers
Screw
steamer
Waipapa Point
the Catlins
New Zealand
screw
Gourlay Brothers
tonnage
Cape Farewell, New Zealand
Sydney
New South Wales
Nelson, New Zealand

Port Chalmers
Dunedin
Melbourne
Bluff
southernmost point

able-bodied seaman
lighthouse
Cape Farewell
List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll
New Zealand Disasters – SS Tararua Shipwreck
Shipwrecks – SS Tararua

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