Discover your family’s history at our librariesLetters recording his experiences in the fires on the steamer Wairarapa near Gisborne and at the Albion Hotel in Invercargill, 1883 and 1888.
Summary Two letters from Louis Elerig, a commercial traveller from Christchurch, about his experiences while on business. One covers the sinking of the ship Wairarapa in 1883; and the other a fire in the Albion Hotel, Invercargill, in 1888. The Gisborne letter is to his wife and family, and the Invercargill letter is to his daughter Velia.
View complete Letter (sinking of Wairarapa), 1883 [PDF 314 Kb]
View complete Letter (Albion Hotel fire, Invercargill), 1888 [PDF 157 Kb]
Collection location Archive 459
Publication information Unpublished
View catalogue record of Letters recording his experiences in the fires on the steamer Wairarapa near Gisborne and at the Albion Hotel in Invercargill, 1883 and 1888.
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