LOST OVERBOARD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 148, 24 June 1932, Page 5

LOST OVERBOARD.

CHIEF ENGINEER.

OFFICER ON HOME TRADER.

FIRST VOYAGE SINCE PROMOTION

While making his first voyage as chief engineer of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Line motor ship Zealandic, Mr. Harry Stevenson was lost overboard. News of the fatality was brought to Auckland bv the ship, which arrived late last night and berthed this morning

The weather was fine when the Xenlandic was approaching the Panama Canal on June 2. At midnight Mr. Stevenson was in the engineers' mess room, chatting with one of his juniors. He was not seen again. At (i o'clock on the following morning ' the second engineer went to his chief's cabin, but received no answer to his knock. On looking inside he saw that Mr. Stevenson was not there. When his disappearance was reported to the captain, a search of the ship was made, but without result. Advice of the fatality was cabled to London from Panama.

Forty-three years of age, Mr. Stevenson was a highly popular officer. He had been with the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company for six years, and had been on the Zealandic for "three. He was a married man with one child, his home being on the Isle of Wight.

As far as is known, Mr. Stevenson was in the best of health. While the Zealandic was loading her present cargo, he was promoted from second to first engineer. After Mr. Stevenson's disappearance the second engineer, Mr. E. Nicol, acted as chief engineer.