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| 'He loved life': students, families and guides missing after White Island volcano disaster | 'He loved life': students, families and guides missing after White Island volcano disaster |
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| Five people are dead, 31 are injured and eight are missing after the New Zealand volcano eruption | Five people are dead, 31 are injured and eight are missing after the New Zealand volcano eruption |
| Five people have been confirmed dead after Monday’s fatal eruption on White Island/Whakaari in New Zealand and eight are confirmed as missing. | Five people have been confirmed dead after Monday’s fatal eruption on White Island/Whakaari in New Zealand and eight are confirmed as missing. |
| It is believed there were 47 people on the island at the time of the eruption, 38 of them from the cruise liner Ovation of the Seas. | It is believed there were 47 people on the island at the time of the eruption, 38 of them from the cruise liner Ovation of the Seas. |
| Thirty-one people are believed to be receiving medical care in facilities across New Zealand, many for burns. | Thirty-one people are believed to be receiving medical care in facilities across New Zealand, many for burns. |
| New Zealand police said there were 47 people on the island when the volcano erupted. They comprised of 24 people from Australia, nine from US, two Britons, four from Germany, five from New Zealand, two from China and one from Malaysia. The New Zealand Red Cross has issued a list of people who have registered themselves as alive, and those who have been missing since the eruption. You can see the full list here although some people listed as missing have now been found alive in hospitals in New Zealand. | New Zealand police said there were 47 people on the island when the volcano erupted. They comprised of 24 people from Australia, nine from US, two Britons, four from Germany, five from New Zealand, two from China and one from Malaysia. The New Zealand Red Cross has issued a list of people who have registered themselves as alive, and those who have been missing since the eruption. You can see the full list here although some people listed as missing have now been found alive in hospitals in New Zealand. |
| The missing | The missing |
| Anthony and Kristine Langford and their teenage children, Jesse, 19 and Winona 17, from Sydney, are listed as missing. Jesse graduated from Marist North Shore in 2018. The school’s principal, Tony Duncan, emailed parents letting them know that the former student was listed as missing. “It is with a heavy heart that I can confirm to you that several members of our Marist North Shore family are missing in the aftermath of the White Island volcano disaster.” “Jesse, who graduated last year was a talented and popular student during his time at the school, finishing up as Mackillop house captain,” he said. He asked for school families to have the Langfords in their prayers. | Anthony and Kristine Langford and their teenage children, Jesse, 19 and Winona 17, from Sydney, are listed as missing. Jesse graduated from Marist North Shore in 2018. The school’s principal, Tony Duncan, emailed parents letting them know that the former student was listed as missing. “It is with a heavy heart that I can confirm to you that several members of our Marist North Shore family are missing in the aftermath of the White Island volcano disaster.” “Jesse, who graduated last year was a talented and popular student during his time at the school, finishing up as Mackillop house captain,” he said. He asked for school families to have the Langfords in their prayers. |
| Gavin Dallow, 52, his wife Lisa Dallow, 48, and her daughter Zoe Hosking, 15, from Adelaide, were on a two-week cruise and were listed as missing, but Lisa Dallow has since been found alive in a New Zealand hospital. | Gavin Dallow, 52, his wife Lisa Dallow, 48, and her daughter Zoe Hosking, 15, from Adelaide, were on a two-week cruise and were listed as missing, but Lisa Dallow has since been found alive in a New Zealand hospital. |
| It is understood Lisa Dallow is being treated for severe burns, but her partner Gavin and daughter Zoe are still unaccounted for. | It is understood Lisa Dallow is being treated for severe burns, but her partner Gavin and daughter Zoe are still unaccounted for. |
| Zoe’s school, St Aloysius College, released a statement about their year-nine student. | Zoe’s school, St Aloysius College, released a statement about their year-nine student. |
| “Our thoughts and prayers are with Zoe and her family. The SAC Chapel is open and school counsellors are on hand to support students,” said the principal, Paddy McEvoy. | “Our thoughts and prayers are with Zoe and her family. The SAC Chapel is open and school counsellors are on hand to support students,” said the principal, Paddy McEvoy. |
| The Adelaide Advertiser reported that the family was scheduled to return to Australia on 16 December. | The Adelaide Advertiser reported that the family was scheduled to return to Australia on 16 December. |
| Julie and Jessica Richards, a mother and daughter aged 20 and 47 from Brisbane, are listed as missing. | Julie and Jessica Richards, a mother and daughter aged 20 and 47 from Brisbane, are listed as missing. |
| Julie’s sister, Barbara Whitehead, told the ABC that she has checked with seven New Zealand hospitals trying to find the pair but without success. Checks with New Zealand police, foreign affairs officials, and the pair’s cruise company had also drawn a blank. | Julie’s sister, Barbara Whitehead, told the ABC that she has checked with seven New Zealand hospitals trying to find the pair but without success. Checks with New Zealand police, foreign affairs officials, and the pair’s cruise company had also drawn a blank. |
| Julie and Jessica, a student vet, had been on board the Ovation of the Seas and had booked on a tour of the island. They had been due to return home next weekend. | Julie and Jessica, a student vet, had been on board the Ovation of the Seas and had booked on a tour of the island. They had been due to return home next weekend. |
| Karla Mathews, 32, and Richard Aaron Elzer, 32, a couple from Coffs Harbour in northern New South Wales, are listed as missing. | Karla Mathews, 32, and Richard Aaron Elzer, 32, a couple from Coffs Harbour in northern New South Wales, are listed as missing. |
| Two New Zealand tour guides were among the missing. One of the men, Hayden Marshall-Inman, worked for White Island Tours and was a former local mayor. He was described as a “very experienced guide” who “loved life”. His family said he had died but police have not confirmed it. The other missing guide was named as Tipene Maangi, 24. | |
| Angelika and Horst Westenfelder, both aged 63, from Karlsruhe in Germany were listed as missing. | Angelika and Horst Westenfelder, both aged 63, from Karlsruhe in Germany were listed as missing. |
| Injured | Injured |
| An American couple on honeymoon in New Zealand were badly burned in Monday’s volcanic eruptions. Barbara Barham told the Washington Post on Monday that her daughter Lauren Urey, 32, and husband Matthew Urey, 36, had plans to visit a live volcano and weren’t concerned about possible eruptions. | An American couple on honeymoon in New Zealand were badly burned in Monday’s volcanic eruptions. Barbara Barham told the Washington Post on Monday that her daughter Lauren Urey, 32, and husband Matthew Urey, 36, had plans to visit a live volcano and weren’t concerned about possible eruptions. |
| “She said they were going to the volcano,” Lauren’s mother, Barbara Barham, told The Washington Post. “My husband was joking around and said, ‘I hope it’s not a live volcano.’ ” | “She said they were going to the volcano,” Lauren’s mother, Barbara Barham, told The Washington Post. “My husband was joking around and said, ‘I hope it’s not a live volcano.’ ” |
| She said Lauren and Matthew, 36, “weren’t concerned that there was any chance of an eruption,” Barham said. | She said Lauren and Matthew, 36, “weren’t concerned that there was any chance of an eruption,” Barham said. |
| Barham said she got a call sometime later from Royal Caribbean asking if she’d heard from her daughter. Then Matthew Urey’s mother called and relayed a distressing voicemail from her son. Matthew Urey’s message said “there had been a volcano eruption and they were burned very bad,” Barham said, adding: “His hands were so badly burned it was hard for him to make a phone call.” | Barham said she got a call sometime later from Royal Caribbean asking if she’d heard from her daughter. Then Matthew Urey’s mother called and relayed a distressing voicemail from her son. Matthew Urey’s message said “there had been a volcano eruption and they were burned very bad,” Barham said, adding: “His hands were so badly burned it was hard for him to make a phone call.” |
| The couple were taken to hospital. | The couple were taken to hospital. |
| Jason Griffiths, a 33-year-old from Coffs Harbour, was initially listed as missing but his family told Nine that he had survived but was in hospital with severe burns. Another Coffs man, 33-year-old Paul Murtha, was named as a survivor on the Red Cross list. | Jason Griffiths, a 33-year-old from Coffs Harbour, was initially listed as missing but his family told Nine that he had survived but was in hospital with severe burns. Another Coffs man, 33-year-old Paul Murtha, was named as a survivor on the Red Cross list. |