A SWIM FOR LIFE.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5489, 30 March 1910, Page 4

A SWIM FOR LIFE.

SENSATION OX A STEAMER. SCOWMASTEWS MENTAL LAPSE. -A story of ths peculiar action of o naster of a scow has just ome to band. Oa Wednesday nigbfc last, it is stated, tbc master of the scow Winnie, lyjDg at Tryphena, Great Barrier, ieveloped a violent form of mania, and it is stated that without any provoca tion whatever be ferociously attacked, the mate, who, in self-defence, was forced to handle his assailant very r ughly, even to the extent of p nching bis face with tevciity. The master of the scow behaved in such a violent manner that it was deemed necessary to remove him to Auckland, and on Thursday he was put on board the ss. Waitangi, which was about to leave Tryphena for Auckland. During the trip he pru vided another sensation. When the steiruer was off Cape olvilf, be took a.. vantage of a lurch of the veseel, caused by a heavy sea, to jump overboard. lustantly the cry of " man overboard " was heard, and the steamer waa turned round smartly, ancl a boat lowered. The unfortunate man, as soon as he took the plunge, commenced to swim strongly after the vessel winch had got some distance ahead of him He was picked up by the boat, and again brought on board in two or three miuutes from the tirm he took the plunge. On the arrival of the Waitangi at Auckland, he was brought before the .Court, and remanded to the Mental Hospital at Avondale, for medical observation, until Wednesday next.— Herald.