THE KAIPARA MYSTERY.
CAPTAIN OLESEN DROWNED,
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)
PO.U.TO, this day
Respecting1 the disappearance of Captain Olesen, of the barque Agra, his boat, was discover-ed yesterday on Fitzgerald's Spit, about three miles from the ship. There cannot be any doubt that lie was accidentally drowned. He leaves a wife in Porsgrund, Norway, having- married three months before his departure from Norway. His wife was to .'have met him in. Liverpool on his arrival there.
This morning- Inspector Culleh received a telegram from. Cpnstaibjo Seo>.tts ..stationed at Aratapu, to the effect, that Captain Olson's boat had been found yesterday at Fitzgerald's Beach, near the, Port Albert Riven. The boat had evidently capsized ihroug'h 'the main sheet 'having- been made fast. W,hen found the boat wins Half buried .in .the sand. There were, no si'g-ns of the body. The sea. was too roug-h fbr'the searchers to remain and look for the.,missing- man. ;it seems only too clear 'that the unfortunate captain has-been drowned through the capsizing- of his boat.
It will be remembered that Captain Olson, who is eaiptain of the barque City of A'g-ra, now lying- at Kaipara Heads, left the vessel in one of the ship's boats on the. Ist inst., taking some fishing lines" with/ him. He remained fishing- neiar the. barque for about 20 minutes, and thensailedacross towards the opposite shore. As he never returned Captain JWbertsori, of the 'lug- Sterling, made a search on the 4th ins't. all along- the shore, but without success. ' Another search was made next day. with the same result, and yesterday Detective Maddern was despatched from Auckland to make enquiries into '[■he matter. It Was generally believed that ■the captain.; must--'have been the victim of a .boating- accident, and the discovery of the boat yesterday certainly points to. that conclusion. Captain Olsen was.a native, of Porsgrund, Norway, and had been in command of the City of Agra, for over a year. He was -married,- but;h'ad no
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 293, 11 December 1899, Page 5
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