ACCIDENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 103, 24 January 1908, Page 9

ACCIDENTS.

DROWNED AT SEA. WAIUUMOO LOSES A SEAMAN. OCEAN INFESTED ,W ITU HUGE t SHARKS. '•■ ;• c The latteri end of the Warrim'oo's trip from '1 iSydney was saddened by the hiss overboard I of a seaman named Angus M'Kinnou, aged s 28, a single mail. As'soon as the alarm was 1: given a boat was lowered- and smartly J manned, but though a thorough search was J mado for tho body no trace of it could bo ( seen.. A passonger. states that it.is', signi- ( "ficant that about touiminutes after tho alarm I had been given, and tho passengers, who 1 were at lunch, had rushed 011 dcck, an enor- 1 mous shark was observed sporting near the a vessel. .This would .indicate .that tho un- >1 fortunate man had mot, tho horrible fato .of ( being devoured by 0110 of . tho-tigers of tho ( deop. The members Of. tho boat's<ero\v'also ( noted that tho sea was'infested with 'sharks, ( ono great monster being at least 20 foot in | length. Tho death tho poor fellow was ( deeply regretted by' tho ' passengers, several | of whom had come in contact with him in the course of his dutios about tho promenade , deck. Deceased was standing on . tho bul- , wark painting or doing' something to tho , bulwark awning, whilo most of tho officers and nearly tho whole of the passengers wero lunching in'the saloon. The alarn; is said to ;lmvo been given 1 by. a. little girl, who screamed that a man had fallen overboard. \ One of the passengers alarmed' tho officer on tho bridge, and the quartormastoi,, .who was : polishing tho brass : work about the bridge, nt onco started to cast otf the lashings to lower' tho' boat, which was done with good dispatch. Tho boat's - mission, 'however,' was fruitless. THK OFFICIAL RF.POKT. Tbo captain's report slates that on January il, at 1.19 p.m., whilst tho vessel was. in latitude 33 by 3o south, longitudo 1G7.15) cast, it was reported that a man had fallen . overboard. The' engines wero immediately reversed, aud a lookout sent aloft to. ascertain the whereabouts of tho man, and a boat was launched. Tho boat's crew rowed' to .v.'hero the man had been 3cen, and kept moving backwards and fonvards~till 2.40. Tho steamer was also kept, moving iu a .circ.lo until 2.40, when tho boat was-picked up and tho vessel proceeded. A i'ASSKNGkIt'S ACCOUNT, ' ' A passenger informed- a Dominion . representative that just before they had finished lunch at about 1.2(1 p. 111. 011 Tuesday tlio cry, "■ Alan overboard I" passed from ono to another, aud there was' immediately a rush for tho deck, the captain amongst - them: It ap]>eaml that a sailor, who had been at work wlule standing 011 -tho rail, had fallen overboard. Tho fall, was seen by. several children, who at jonco raised the alarm, and who saw tho man struggling in tho sea away at tho stern of tho vessel. any lifebuoy was thrown t-o him was very uncertain.. "I'could not," our informant states,! "get any direct evidence of this having been done, which seemed strango, as -there wero many always ready for an emergency. However, .0110 small boat was lowered \as soon as tho steamer's way bad ' boon stopped, and it pulled nwav in search of the poor man, but, of course,, the steamer had run ,a long way, and the difficulty was to find the whereabouts of tho man, thoro being nothing to guide those in tho boat. About a quarter of an hour after tho accident the big blnek fin of a shark . was seen gliding, .alongside the steamer, and it was wondered wdiether this ravenous bruto had had;anything to do with the sailor's rapid disappearance. After steaming about for an <hour and twenty . minutes, doing all that was possible, tho boat .was. signalled to return,, and tho voyage.to ~)yeßingtpn was resumed." 'miK-juMPiNci mishap; (by. TKl.EClt.U'll—rnuss association.) Walroa, January 23. Mr. Bibby,of tho Lichtwark and Bibby buck-.jmupiiig combination, met with an ac- I eident last night. In order to make a horso buck ho pulled tho reins, when the horso played up and struck him 011 tho head and back. He'.went 011 for ton .'minutes apparently nil right , Uipii dropped,' and was taken to . the hospital unconscious. His condition is still serious. I