Eight Minutes Past Midnight: the Wreck of the S. S. Wairarapa by Steve Locker-Lampson And Ian Francis.
Publisher: Rowfant Books, 1981, First edition.
Very good hardback with jacket; no annotations, slight rubbing and bumping to edges; binding firm; pages very good. Jacket has some shelf wear with some rubbing marks.
The story of the wrecking of the Union Steam Ship Companies SS Wairarapa on Great Barrier Island 29 October 1894 with the loss of approx 130 lives, and the later salvage operations. Includes appendices on passenger and crew lists,tribute to Miss McQuaid, poems of the wreck and specifications and plans of the Wairarapa. Written by Steve Locker-Lampson and Ian Francis, published by Rowfant books 1981, first edition hardback, 160 pages two page map, black and white plus colour photos of the wreck site, the underwater remains and some of the artifacts recovered.
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