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The SS Ventnor set off from Wellington bound for Hong Kong on October 26 1902. The ship was laden with unique cargo. As well as 5300 tons of Westport coal, 2 bottles of whisky, 15 pounds of dried fruit and 62 pounds of tobacco amongst other items, there were the coffins of 489 Chinese nationals who had died in New Zealand. The number of coffins on the ship is recorded in the ships manifest, recorded in 3 different entries of 478 coffins, 1 coffin and 10 coffins. The ship struck a reef off the coast of Taranaki early morning on 27 October. The captain tried to make for Auckland but the SS Ventnor sank about ten miles off the Hokianga Heads on 28 October 1902.

Although three lifeboats got away safely, the fourth was swamped, drowning 13 men. Searchers found only a few of the coffins washed ashore. As remains washed ashore in Northland, local iwi (Te Roroa, Ngapuhi & Te Rarawa) accepted them and buried them in their own ancestral burial grounds. Other remains were reported to have been buried in Rawene cemetery. Archives New Zealand Reference BBAO 5544 A78 212 / a 1902/991

Archives New Zealand Reference BBAO 5544 A78 211 / a 1902/948 - Auckland Regional Office of Archives New Zealand

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