The Wreck of the Clyde
The majority of history goes unrecorded – or is considered unimportant enough that the records of it are eventually lost. This is one of the lesser-known events in history; a horrible and tragic shipwreck on the coast of New Zealand in 1884, that of the Clyde . From the Sydney Morning Herald ‘s report: TERRIBLE SHIPWRECK AND GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. By the steamer Hauroto, which arrived from Wellington (N. Z.) last evening, we have received fuller particu- lars of the wreck of the barque Clyde, and the loss (with tho exception of a lad) of all on board, at Akaroa Heads. From the Wellington Evening Post we gather the following particulars, which were telegraphed to that journal from Dunedin and Christ- church. The first telegram is dated Dunedin, November 6, and reads : “The barque Clyde, which left here yesterday morning for Lyttelton, is ashore at Duvanchelles Bay, near Akaroa Heads.” A later telegram was received; as fol...