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English: Search telegram about the SS Elingamite that sunk in 1902.

The Elingamite set out from Sydney for Auckland on 5 November 1902, with a crew of 58, carrying 136 passengers and 1,000 tons of cargo. On the 9th she was moving slowly in a thick fog and foundered on the Three Kings. Passengers and crew took to lifeboats. Most were rescued, but 45 lives were lost.

The telegram from the Auckland Collector of Customs announced “Sad news just received that the “Elingamite” is a total wreck on the Three Kings”

Another telegram (transcribed) lists the ships involved in the search for survivors, which included the Greyhound, the Clansman, the Countess of Ranfurly, HMS Penguin the Sterling and the Omapere. The Zealandia, which had also sailed from Sydney, picked up 70 survivors.

The images are taken from Customs records held at Archives New Zealand Auckland Regional Office [Archives reference: BBAO 5544/212/1902/993
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