NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.
•V man named winitttm Harvey, mate ot the ontter Ann Rllna, hai a y»it narrow escape from drowning on Friday. About mld-nlght he was In tin not ofplaolng a lln« from tbe bow ot bis vessel upon a i>I(o of the Viotorla Wharf, North Shore, when ha elipied his footWk and fell overboard into deep water. Hla ootnpanUn. Goimvo Dower, roaster of the oatter, oould lot bus Harvtr, and ran up to Mrs Brown's hotel far asilßifiio*. He there found Me*Brs Lyle and Greenwood, -who went dawn to the be&oh, not a dingy our, ana went In search oC tbe mlaslnit m»ru Soon oriea were hoard, irom «n4or tho wharfj and prooeetlnK i« the direction thus Indicated, those In the ding? found Harvey In a very exhausted ptate, nid almost inseaelb c, ohsgtag to one of tbe strlnners of the wh*rt lie was oi'iireyed en the PUfratsffßot-lsnd tho usual treatment was applied, It wns then tally a* hour before tho man came rouni.aud hie reotvory was oonB:d«red wonderf»l. H»rvey wra broaght over to Auckland n»d seit to the Hospital is-day.and we belloTo is In a fair w»y towards recovery, j
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Auckland Star, Volume XVI, Issue 3840, 4 December 1882, Page 4
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