I did a one week inquiry and found out about the Taiaroa shipwreck.
Taiaroa Shipwreck 1886
The Taiaroa grounded near the Clarence River. 4 lifeboats were launched but only one made it to the shore, the others collapsed into the water and their passengers drowned due to the icy water and enormous waves. The survivors were so shaken by the accident most of them never set foot on a boat again. There were 42 burials of the drowned people, their families grieved over their graves. Most survivors were ashamed because they had failed to save all those lives.
If the disaster happened today you would have a better life vest to help support your weight and the lifeboats wouldn’t collapse into the water because they are designed not to. We have technology that helps with heart attacks and pouches to keep you from freezing to death.
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Survivors:
Campbell Ducan
Dalrymple Samuel
Grant Gordon
Harper John
Henderson Robert
Hutton Gilbert
Mackay John
McQuartier William Henry
Morrison Robert
Olliver Thomas
Quin William
Tain William
Thomson George Urquhart
Webb James
Those who drowned:
Anderson Mrs.
Brown Mrs.
Ferguson James of Taranaki
Fielder Joseph
Fitzgerald Mrs.
Galbrath Erskine
Game Jessie
Gibbs Mrs
Hansen Peter
Harbord Mr
Hawkins Mr.
Hill D.
Irvine Robert
Kane J
Martin Alexander
McDonough George
McMillian P.
McPhee John
Monkman Robert Boyle
Murray Mr.
Powell James
Smith Mr.
Spooner R.
Stratford George
Unwin R.
Vallance Robert Hugh
Ward Mr.
West Mr.
Williams Richard
References
(n.d.). Retrieved from https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH18860414.2.9
