Miners Head, Great Barrier Island, 1920

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Miners Head, Great Barrier Island, 1920

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Miners Head, the north-west point of Great Barrier Island / Aotea, 90 km north-east of Auckland and the site of the wreck of the SS Wairarapa in 1894. Despite thick fog, the Wairarapa was travelling at 13 knots (24 kph), nearly full speed, when it slammed into cliffs. Water began to flood in through a hole in the hull, and the Wairarapa listed to one side. Many of those on board slid off the deck into the sea; heavy seas swept others away.

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Date created

1920

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New Zealand Herald

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https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/364064

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Steamships / Shipwrecks / Cliffs / Wairarapa (Steamship) / Whangapoua Bay (Great Barrier Island) / Great Barrier Island / Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana / Miners Head / Ship Wrecks - Auckland

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