PORTLAND DROWNING
VERDICT OF ACCIDENT |_RV TELKCRAPH —OWN COR RI IS POND KM ] \V IJ ANG A K EI, Tu es da y A verdict of accidental drowning at Portland on December 21 was returned by the deputy-district coroner, Mr. H. C. Hemphill, at an inquest into the death of Mr. Kichard Frederick Smith, an able seaman, employed on the ketch Miena. Mr. Smith was a married man with three children, and lived at Holiday Koad, Mill'ord, Auckland. Evidence was given by another seaman on the Miena, William Victor John Saver, of an argument during the loading. The master of the vessel, Angus Mathesou, said that he saw Smith deliberately dive into the sea when the ship was about loOyds. from the Portland wharf. Smith attempted to swim back to the wharf, but with the strong tide against him he was unable to do so, and sank before help could reach him.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23870, 22 January 1941, Page 8
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152PORTLAND DROWNING New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23870, 22 January 1941, Page 8
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