Show STORI of many acts ot otHer heroism alem performed in saving passengers of wrecked penguin fifty two lives lost N Z bodies have been recovered ered from the wrecked steamer penguin of the union steamship company of wellington which went on an the rocks off cape Tera six dix of those choso aboard tho penguin aro are unaccounted for in all the stirs and row crew numbered about one hundred bundled the ship struck about 10 at night say sonic some of the survivors but the captain remained on the bridge and after ills his vessel slid into deep water was wa able to steer her closer into shore the seas were running high and the small boats and rafts which were hastily lat launched inched could not withstand tho the waves the boats and rafts were overturned but while tho the boats practically sank the rafts righted themselves a number or of times 4 many acts of heroism were performed some of the stronger sti of those struggling in the water helping tho the weaker to regain the frail crafts after sev eral hours of buffeting the majority of the survivors on the rafts i reached cached the shore demonstrating the rafts aro are more serviceable cable than boats in a heavy sea close to tb a rocky shore ono one of the with ten men op capsized lr when but a a short distance fro from m the land lut but all scrambled back ad and were ultimately cast cak ftp fil on the cliff chirr and were sacred saved four boats dame I 1 ashore some hours later and all w berei er ej badly exil crushed shed |