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The Wahine Disaster
List of Illustrations
List of Illustrations
| facing page | |
| Captain Robertson and a model of the Wahine
Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
32 |
| The Wahine steams into Wellington Harbour Union Steamship Co. Photo |
32 |
| A lifeboat leaves the stricken Wahine
Evening Post Photo |
33 |
| The abandoned Wahine capsizing off Steeple Rock Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
48 |
| The Wahine as she capsized with the Aramoana standing helplessly by Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
48 |
| Number four lifeboat comes ashore at Seatoun Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
49 |
| Chief Officer Luly helped ashore after his rescue by Worser Bay Surf Club's Miss Europa Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
49 |
| A Zodiac rescue craft from Wellington Airport with survivors Evening Post Photo |
80 |
| Rescuers struggle with number two lifeboat alongside Seatoun Wharf Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
80 |
| Crewman George Brabander carries a young boy ashore from number four lifeboat Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
81 |
| A little girl from number two lifeboat helped by rescuers Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
81 |
| A policeman carries a baby survivor in a blanket Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
81 |
| A lifejacket washed ashore on the rocky eastern coast Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
96 |
| A victim of the disaster lies covered by a coat on the eastern shore Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
96 |
| Rescuers and rescued on the eastern coastline Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
96 |
| Survivor carried by rescuers along the eastern shore Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
97 |
| Exhausted survivors loaded on to a four-wheel drive vehicle Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
97 |
| Rescuers build a fire and attend to survivors on the shore Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
128 |
| Survivors tackling the long walk along the eastern shoreline Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
128 |
| A barefoot woman survivor is aided along Seatoun Wharf Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
129 |
| Wrapped in a blanket Fred Lee of Kaitaia walks along the Ferry Wharf after being landed by the scow Portland
Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
129 |
| One of the many survivors who came ashore unconscious Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
129 |
| Captain Robertson confers with Captain Arthur Crosbie and a police officer after being landed at Seatoun Wharf Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
144 |
| Two fortunate survivors | 144 |
| 'Clarence O'Neill comforted by a fellow survivor on Seatoun Beach Evening Post Photo |
145 |
| A young mother with her baby after being landed at the Ferry Wharf by one of the tugs Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
145 |
| Joanne Brittain who was landed safely after being separated from her mother Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
176 |
| Tressa Dunford and her husband who were picked up from a raft by the tug Tapuhi
Loveday's (N.Z.) Ltd Photo |
176 |
| Australians, Gladys and Albert Donohoo who were reunited in Wellington Hospital David Orton Photo |
176 |
| Air Force corporal Moira (Pinky) Brown carried a survivor on her back after landing on the eastern shore | 176 |
| Albert Hansen and his wife Ilene. Mr Hansen was seriously injured Candid Camera Studies (Ham.) Ltd Photo |
176 |
| University student Kathryn Dallas who was rescued after nearly three hours in the water | 177 |
| University students Jan Travaglia and Joan Hodgson who were rescued by the tug Tapuhi Elmar & Ambrose Studios Photo |
177 |
| Mrs May Hickman whose husband died when the Wahine motor boat capsized Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
177 |
| Dianne Houltham who floated all the way and landed on the eastern shore | 177 |
| Fourth engineer Philip Bennett was in charge of the ferry's number two lifeboat Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
177 |
| Radio officer Robert Lyver Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
192 |
| Rescue-boat operator Bill Bowe Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
192 |
| Chief engineer Herbert Wareing Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
192 |
| Deputy harbour master Bill Galloway Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
193 |
| Able seaman Terry Victory Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
193 |
| A barge load of wrecked cars salvaged from the sunken ferry Dominion and Sunday Times Photo |
193 |