MISSED HIS PASSAGE.
< ' A DIP IN THE HARBOUR. There was an exciting little incident in connection with the departure of the Wimmera for' Sydney from the outer tee of the Queen-street Wharf last evening. As the Huddart-Parker liner was swinging out from her berth an intending passenger raced down the '-wharf. The vessel was about 3ft clear of the wharf, and the intending passenger jumped, but missed his footing and fell between the steamer and the wharf. On finding himself in the water he struck out and took refuge on one of the cross beams of the wharf, and had a good view of tho steamer on which he had booked for Sydney sweeping out into the harbour and heading down stream. Ropes being passed down to him, he. was ultimately landed on the wharf, none the worse, but wiser for his adventure.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14586, 24 January 1911, Page 5
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