A RASH ACT.
*-' -' • feL- [rXESS A&SOCIATION TBLEOKAM.] ;C „ NEW PLYMOUTH, June -22J "r," Intelligence has reached town 1 from; ' Waitara that the cook of the Bchooneiji .:. 'fiet-oist having lost his passage, took the] ■»' Skborniaster's boat from her moorings for the purpose of crossing the bar anj ■ «4_ung the vessel, which had left fifteen] -nates previously. On Teaching the ba» tie boat capsized, and the man clung! jfe the boat and drifted seaward. The] , -mralman seeing the accident run up the! ' doteess signal, but finding it was not! answered immediately gave the alarm tol ' . fte Harbormaster, who at once proceeded! iaaboat to the man's rescue. The seal ,\ -Owsver, was too heavy, and the Harbor! ■ -—titer returned to get up steam inthef steamer Moturoa, during which timethgj ma was drowned. The Moturoa went ou|- - _ awl the man's body wis recovered during ' tt9^r Tiifiliiiiifiiiiiiiiri i I
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Press, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5542, 23 June 1883, Page 5
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143A RASH ACT. Press, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5542, 23 June 1883, Page 5
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