FATAL ACCIDENT AT WHANGAROA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7319, 4 May 1885, Page 5

FATAL ACCIDENT AT WHANGAROA.

On Tuesday one of the largest freshes there has ever been in this place brodght down from the bushes an immense number of lugs. The creeks were cleared of all timber so completely, that logs which were known to have been put in the creek on the Monday were floating in the harbour on the Tuesday following. When the last fresh occurred the logs were jammed in the creek, and only a few came out. This necessitated the stoppage of one of the mills. The Auckland Timber Company have been working one side only, and would have out out the timber in the booms but for the timely fresh. Their good fortune in this respect is becoming proverbial, as on other occasions stoppages have been avoided by the advent of freshes. Men, boys, and, in some women, turned out to reap the harvest from rafting. The day was calm, and the logis in such quantities, it was impossible to prevent a large number from going to sea—no one is able to estimate the quantity. A young man was accidentally drowned while rafting. His name is Aicken, and his friends are supposed to live near Birmingham. • Mr. H. W. Bishop, R.M., held an inquest, and his body was afterwards buried in St. Paul's [Own Correspondent, April 2SI.J