TRAWLER SKIPPER DROWNED
FALL INTO HARBOUR AT WELLINGTON
(New Zealand Press Association)
WELLINGTON. August 30. Captain A. B. Anderson, skipper of the fishing craft Miro, fell into the harbour while boarding the vessel at Queen’s Wharf early last evening. He was rescued from the harbour unconscious. but was dead when the ambulance reached the hospital. Captain Anderson, -who was 65 years of age. was born in’ Lyttelton. He served in a number of the Union Steam Ship Company’s vessels before taking command of the steamer Tees, in the Chatham Islands service. He was in the Chatham Islands run for many years and was an acknowledged authority on the navigation of the waters around the islands. He was also for a time in command of the Port .Waikato in that service. After working ashore at Lyttelton for some years, Captain Anderson went to Wellington, and took over command of the trawler Miro, previously owned by the Nobel Explosives Company. He took a keen interest in the history of sailing ships on the New Zealand coast and in the intercolonial trade.
Captain Anderson is survived by his wife, three sons and two daughters.
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Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27751, 31 August 1955, Page 3
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