THE FATALITY ON THE OBAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 1, 2 January 1906, Page 3

THE FATALITY ON THE OBAN.

(Press Association ) "•- rpLRKTULBR DETAMiS? .. AN iITNLUCKY CRAFT. ■WE.L£[U\<G!rON, Jan 2 The captain of the tug (which had -the scow Oibaai, from Blind ! Bay, in tow, when three men were washed' ovenboard) states that on Sunday night, when lowing' the *" Oban* he "-had a 'most unenviable time i-T- — fcu^ HyG-OKif eoaLt.LXUifLlly swept,, uy spray The-Gban, three j. years; ago, had capsized, twice in -the Straits and Sounds, jbut from - <a oause fpnte apart 'from tlhe-prc-sarit incident! Oaptiain Mcßanzie, of Auckland^ <was making his second visit as master of the Cjban, , apd ihiad axpresjaed' himself ""woll pleased wiith the little vessel The I'tves of . tjfcf calp'laini -and his -two eonipan J ions had been: insured by tie owner of the scow. fJMater. The scow Oban and the <sargo aro rasuied, l>ut as the vessel lies partly submerged neex tihe wharf at Worsa; Bay xt is expected: that tioth. <the cargo- and the scow will be salvod vlt ts jbelieved tbat as the rossel was under tow the -■ cargo stuffed into her noss, up her stern, and the ttasory is that the crow went forward to remedy mat)tierS''oir loosen the tow line 1 , whpn shsdiippod nztMfce f(ea and all -Vent overt Joard On' the other hand, it >£ possible that either one or two hands weio in the cabin when tha "watei, swept -over the vessel, and that tibeir "bodies are there Owt&ig ta the boisterous woat&er natJyjng' can be done in th» way of sc)axching the vessel, hut Mr ■> JBi*»sfc Pilchcr, the owner, is doing all possible to clcai up the ;mys- •" tery* 1 1 *- , - 3 - iLatest. ..TH3 named of the erew <ot the scow Oban, which ure supposdd to * have oeen washpd off and drowned, are ' Donald W MfcKenzie., aged 40, skappor , ,0 Johnson, aged 25'A8., A iWrtin, aged 31, 1 AB< 1 ' 1 1 . I I It I'l ,(<Ejart*ei) 'fletails <of W& fatlaihrty on rtihe Oban^wilT bg found ajnong oKpideflt amrt fKbalrty^telegiams on £be 4th pagp of this issue )