LOST OVERBOARD AT SEA
SHIP’S APPRENTICE DROWNEDBT UtEGBJ TH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, November. 28. The steamer Quebec City, which arrived at, Auckland last night from Texas, reports that Robert Turnbull, an apprentice 19 years of age, was lost overboard on November 11. The accident occurred at 4.30 p.m., shortly after the crew had completed boat drill. A lifebuoy was thrown overboard, the ship was stopped, and a boat was lowered to the rescue. The lifebuoy was recovered by the boat less than ten minutes after the accident, but Turnbull had disappeared.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 57, 29 November 1924, Page 7
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