SINGULAR CASE OF DROWNING.
[<PBBSB ASSOCIATION TBUJGBA.k/f ' AUCKLAND, September If. - ---' The following particulars of the drowa* ing of Captain Trayte, of tho Sybil, are to hand:—At the end of July, while the Sybil wae at the point of Bailing fans Manahiki, Captain Trayte, who wae lying , on deok resting, suddenly turned over tad rolled between the tailing* and deck into the sea. Hiabody oould be seen motioolew " in the water, and a kanaka jamped over* board and held his head up till both ifarw y v rescued by a boat. Captain Trayte me* . ' found to be in an exhausted state. Be-" etorativea were applied, bat all efforts t+ restore animation proved fruitless. Cap- < tain Trayte's body was subtequently in-, ! terred at the island. It is believed tbjft when; deceased fell overboard he Was suffering-from an attaok of asthma, froa whioh he had been suffering considerably* . and in consequence was unable to exert any efforts towards caving his life. Hehad been twenty years in the Island trade* and leaves a grown-up daughter. - '
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Press, Volume XLIII, Issue 6548, 17 September 1886, Page 2
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SINGULAR CASE OF DROWNING.
Press, Volume XLIII, Issue 6548, 17 September 1886, Page 2
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