A SEAMAN DROWNED.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 22 January 1912, Page 8

A SEAMAN DROWNED.

WANGANUI, Jan-21, , A seaman named Edward Thomas Midland, •■ when, going aboard his vessel, thd Maroro, about .10 o'clock last evening^ fell between the vessel and the: wharf. A companion dived for him, but could not find the "missing man', who was not found till this morning by the police. He^ bore an abrasion on his forehead, and evidently hit a stringer of the wharf. At the time of the fatality the man was under the influence of drink. An inquest- was held this afternoon. The victim recently came from Wellington to join the vessel. He is 33 years of age, but whether married or unmarried is unknown.