SEAMAN DISAPPEARS
Thought to Have Tumbled Overboard WAITEMATA MYSTERY (By Telegraph—Press Association > AUCKLAND, May 6. The circumstances of the disappearance of a seaman, Mr Cuthbert Carson, aged 27, of Ponsonby, have led to the belief that he has been drowned in Waitemata harbour. It is thought that he fell overboard from the small cutter Rewa, moored off Orakei. The vessel is owned by the Nobels Explosives Co. The crew comprised CapLaiii’Peterson and Air Carson. Hie two men came ashore in the cutter’s dinghy on Alonday evening to enable Captain Peterson to visit, his home, and Air Carson rowed back to the Rewa to act as nightwatchman. It was arranged that he should row ashore at 8 o’clock this morning to take Captain Peterson buck to tho cutter. However, Mr Carson did not make an appearance, and investigations showed that he had not slept on the ship and that his supper had been prepared but had not been eaten. The dinghy was tied to the Rewa's stern. The bulwarks of the cutter, which is used for lightering explosives, are only 20 inches high, and it is the police theory that the man, who was a poor swimmer, may have fallen over them into the harbour.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 121, 6 May 1936, Page 6
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204SEAMAN DISAPPEARS Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 121, 6 May 1936, Page 6
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