THE DROWNING ACCIDENT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 30, 5 February 1896, Page 5

THE DROWNING ACCIDENT.

fICOI , A KS of -the accident which relied inthe death by drownin S of Captain plioD master of the Waitoa, were Sfived in town tnis morniD £> when the Sos arrived from Wairoa South. Tho rj of Captain Hewson was brought to *:• by ( obe steamer, and removed to his iL fr°m whtre the funeral will leave for Mkomifci to-morrow afternoon. The Sa ffbich got about yesterday that ib was tile frying to clear tho propeller that the 'Ljn lost his life seema to hare been inrrect. 10 Bcrew was obstructed by a °!■ q| rope, and oa this accounb the Ltoawaa brought up against Barter's Wharf, c intention being bo waib i or morning, and in daylight clear L obstruction to the screw from It dingy- Captain Hewson was last seen iiindiae juat bal°w tue bridge, and it is jlooeht that he started to go up the three .[fpi which intervened between him and 4( platform on which the wheel stand?. ffjj osaal custom was to grasp the rail ilosgaide these etcps end jump up, and as ,j 6 yt holding this rail waa found broken, jjjjthought chat the strain having broken ,j[ it struck the captain on the forehead ja'jtbstween the eyes, where a bruise was iltefffarda found. This probably partially jiaoosd him, causing him to fall back into lie water. The nighb was particularly dark, and the accident waa not witnessed, Hat the sp!a«h waa heard by those ua board. A hab was quickly found and ifter a few minutes a pair of arms whore ujn to rise above the water. Mr Langley, \ ipabenger, immediately stripped, jumped jj M d diving for Captain Hewson, supported him above water till he was taken on board by moans of the dingy. The time between the splaah and the recovery is ijjriously given from sto 10 minutes. The J captain was immediately removed to Mr :;Barter's bouse which is handy, and after hob Hlsokets had been applied and everything ''(batcould be thought of to restore animaffon dona, he appeared to bo breathing 'jjjily. About threequarters of an hour afterfj/jrdi, however, he died without having Tiajsined consciousness. Captain Heweon, WaO year« old and leaves a widow and | tight children. A post mortem examination km made and an inquest held at) Wairoa piterday afternoon.