SWEPT OVERBOARD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18949, 21 February 1925, Page 11

SWEPT OVERBOARD.

SEAMAN ON HORORATA. CAUGHT BY HEAVY SEACOMPANION'S NARROW ESCAPE. When the steamer .Hororata, which berthed yesfetday, wis three days out from Liverpool, ». young sailor was swept overboard and lost in the height of a severe storm. A companion narrowly escaped a similar fate. From tho time she left Liverpool, the Hororata, encountered bad weather, with mountainous seas. At about 10 o'clock on the morning of January 13, three, days after leaving port, two A.B.'s, F. Kindred and Everett, were, sent aft to cover a ventilator on the lee side of the ship. The Hororata was labouring heaviK. and a big sea which swept the. after part caught the. seamen unawares, and Kindred was swept over the stern. Everett was moro fortunate, for his leg;-, caught in the. side rails, and ho was able to cling on until rescued from his precarious position by two passengers. Meanwhile Kindred was seen swimming around, but nothing could be done owing to tho heavy seas. He was only 24 years of ago, and was wording his passage out, intending to sign off when he arrived in Auckland, and settle down in. New Zealand. Everett was badly bruised and shaken, and also suffered from shock. When ho was pulled back on to the deck ho commenced to strike out desperately, think ing he was in the water. He was in tinship's hospital for a week or so, and is now well mi the way to recovery.