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Survivors of the Wahine disaster
Clarence O'Neill (the young boy centre-left, wearing an oversized life jacket) and other survivors huddle on Seatoun beach following the sinking of the Wahine on 10 April 1968.
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
Reference: Dominion Post Collection, EP/1968/1570-F
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