FALL IN HARBOUR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23103, 30 July 1938, Page 14

FALL IN HARBOUR

man nearly drowned RESCUE BY SHIP'S OFFICER CONDITION REPORTED SERIOUS Slipping ami falling into tlie harboui when leaving tin; Watehlin Lino inotorship Port Whangarei last night, an assistant cook on tin; Union Steam Ship Company's liner Awatea, Mr. Pobcit Leslie Pascoe, aged ■I• i, had a narrow escape from drowning. Mr. I'ascoe, who conies from Wellington, had lieen visiting his brothel, <i member of t he. crew of the loi t Whangarei, which is berthed on the eastern side of King's Wharf. lie 101 l into the water between the ship and the wharf, and his plight was noticed by the night watchman on the wharf, who gave the alarm on hearing the splash. 'I he second ofiicer on the I ort Whangarei, Mr. T. K. Katon, climbed down on to the wooden rafters under the wharf and held Mr. I'ascoe s head out of the water until the Queen's Wharf police, who had been summoned, lowered a rope and lilted him on to the vessel. Mr. Paseoe was in a serious state when taken from tho water, and artificial respiration was immediately applied by the police. Resuscitation measures were continued by menibeis of the St. John Ambulance for threequarters of an hour, after which the man revived and was taken to the Auckland Hospital in an ambulance. His condition was reported to be serious.