Two. firemen belonging to the Monowai arrived at the wharf on Saturday afternoon to find that their vessel bad just sailed, and was swinging about 400 yards away, preparatory to heading for sea. Both men dived off the wharf and struck out for the vessel. One man was soon in difficulties. He returned to the wharf and was pulled out of the water by Constable M. Murphy an>4 to] 1collector G. Edwards. The other fireman swam about 150 yards in the direction of the Monowai and then put back. He was hauled out of the water by some of the Athenic’s crew. The Monowai dropped anchor, and the belated firemen were taken out in a ship’s boat to their vessel, which then resumed her voyage.
Lord Monk-Bretton accompanied his Excellency the Governor and Major Alexander South on Friday last.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1675, 6 April 1904, Page 55
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