FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT AT KATIKATI.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 33, 30 July 1892, Page 6

FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT AT KATIKATI.

,80/ 't'FltOM OUR'OWN>'CORRESPONDENT. -a^J ' .."' l> ' July 26, 1892. ■*'.' t'iKafcik lati lfe;at present shrouded in the G;4nantle of'gloom, sorrow, and affliction, £I~and'l find it impossible to find words to the sad feelings that'pervade /V^he'minds of our settlers. Yesterday I -° me'fc two men— 'men whose wrinkles and 'furrows on the browr- proved that they 'have had to encounter the battle with —'the istern"realities of life —'and the tears -n^poured down'their cheeks when alluding s ir;tofthe sad and melancholy accident of -/ Saturday, -23rd insL The telegraph sji \will 'have informed you ere this letter .Reachesyou of the sad fatality to which -nd. refer, the detail s>o£ which may afford _'<7{some imelancholy interest to many of Si «o»ii;Paer,eaXriends, as one of the victims, jrriiG-yesey^Stewart, jr.;iwas no, stranger fjrotaiyour (.township. In 1 a previous issue rjEnofi tb,er GAZETTB ( ;you were, good enough Jp complimentary terms to the o-i production of smoked fish by the Kati--iiikati^Fish Company, the'partners of ov,rjw,hich'were Greorge «Vesey Stewart, jr,, In Prank, Anderson (his brother-in-law) imAnd Robert Blakeney,-a pousin of ,the -[^latter <and warm friend of the fqrmor hniThe ibusiness, of th.c* firm, proved so that about a month ,ago o'iithej, purchased a mutter Jn Auckland

and trailing l Qefe $6$ i3£ep-sea ; fishing,' securing at .the-same^-time the services. n a o pr.aeticaJ. ? ,fish-cm]er- ;^jpamGcl rlr-wi'n,'. reco.mrn^HdeS, fey Mr land, .who statedJhat.be was* one oirhls .best /men...,. ; .Frank, Anderson,. Haying served,/his : apprenHceship',in fA 'tlie. mercantile marines, sailed.the cutter down from Auckland' to 'Mounts: r Stewart-' accompanied by Blakeney ,and"lrw,in.. | - The entrance to. ( Katikatr is;V ; safe 1 ,bne;fob' 6 teame rs^'d'u| '/aiaiess (>in:,.sm'o'olh' water Vis ;dangerous' to,"sailing *'er^ftj owing |to' the" sand-bar which'•''extends ,fpr ''nearly ';twp' miles' to''jtlib'' Sodthj \rupniitig. parallel. to .the ', long _ jsland Vhich'fdrms tne upper' pdrtibn'of Tau■ranga..'Harboiir.. : \TJlie passage \ fp/r the VwaVer feiween ihe Taar. and the island 19 n^rrpw, jand,.at.ebb ,tiae t^e^water iiotvs :]ile ' A.' r inillV 'an^, is^of r^fr^ai. dejjiih.',',,.,'^.^,^..,' .j'viv;!-,"'•,',,..v*'•N.'rr,?'-The cutter containing Messrs" Yespy Stewart, Anderson.',- and Irwin left % the ebb. tide on rtHe morning of Siaturj- ]$&$ •! .Mr, ,^Jv '^a^^ r—^ half-caste and popular 'settler,,, who ,j?eeu'^;B^'arfawng.,,man~w^tphed' them; tin, rpSgh [hip,!te)escope, remarking, to' h' is ] .'^ife,jtl>ai' no| 'b^.t sucE a sea as was' then running dhitbiei bar. „H;3 Bredtpjtions were ver.inecjj •janiQ! 'as'Captainj.^Hugb .Stewart^pf'AtKeriree,! ' ( was. L,mak ( ing ( ,41 f) ■.Kis ft ma jl.''jba^'ja'li i'O.'3O a.m7 a messenger came "to"him flpm.^aulkner,,(atijp.utrtwp mjles distant;) staging that tjbie Moiiht Stewart' ciitter vyas ip; qangjer, ,and^t^^crew, pi ihrQe m.e|n. : vper,e,.,evidently, joshed, toj' tiie jtii^st. Capt.-; / SteWja^fc j-senfc ba { ck'_ r, a lf^a,lf ( " r , ©f .whiskey,- and ; ',a >request, tp. "Paulkh^erj'to .•ge^upia'pact^,^^ i am3/|!tbat./n^n^,^^^OgObje i c^ .long.'.bgfpre in?',, me i ssepge.r r ;got ; J)ae^K Jtb' .'Fatj].tner..one f of, j;he.;.cr^ , T was (Seen,? lo -jcirp.pj.pff,.,and>ia about TL.,^ minqt^s.aftferf a ; w r3 s : ,th c ,ma si o w" i pa.^ A ts. f pec up ! stfi|s,. J an d± 4he, boat.disappeared |"i'pm sight. ;, n ,! r p It sickens the heart to "cpntgnipiate on the thoughts and affprd's 1 ;a'sad 'jexan^ple/pfAthe cjr.uel,. irpwy of b ,f«-te to.reflect @n upopr, 0 S te war it, |ti,al.f i:a' _,to i^j c [( th c, 5 iSh^Ojre., Jash.ed' l .vto / >;.^e' J) rai.st, jin. fall --sigh fe : f< a n d^o.ppp si te j.'tp^. :Kji:>; h.Qtn;e' at Mount "Stewart, containing": "a and loving wife kwifla 'two 'helple^iiabe'S, ■fhe';hQ i n^r f pf, l hisTy,.o]a : t'h ?j j t &tapdin^ forth ,in,'".ialm, A an(|; j p^acefjul, shelter,.jot "the. pine trees, .while the; efiiel andT eyerincreasing: waves...were..jashing v|;.rth. f; r;,r ! .e,r: doubled fprce?right,over.|the.mas|;pf.the frail craft,; ,tp, .whjch, \q ,ans. ( hisl com;panipns were jVairijy.clinging-for liferfpr .fully •.half-an-.hpur. .....^ f, ;ap ,\ a|?ful !hdur ; ,this mustfhaYe^ ner.would,] howey.er,,hav-e^;gone ,'to^he , had ; there ;been . 'even ( a „>wha]e 'bpai;■ajaijable,;but,ithere r ,Wjas| hp^fepat to b^'.had l live o in,..such a ( jSea. ■••jThe, accident ].is attribute 4 tp" |he y wind ;h t avi'ng ) >,.SHdd^njy dro.^p^d^ '"tbe^hel-raj beingjjthas^gsej.ess., ( th'e (r) c,uit^r rgraHually -drifted, tp^degtructip^.ftom.jih^ pn.^tjhef.^apd Jj)ar,:b^ f ,,J|3e. t^pl;toa .pf'/jthe .. The ( 'ne.ws,;of4he,a.ccideni>reopn ( spread .over the .^settlement,,, and -pn .Saturday afternoon ■-■ r Me.r.yyn" r .A. „and Micliae 1! Stewart and.pther.s, ihad scpure^ rp r iind! Katikati neads: .and on the'"' Waihi* beach,.4n.ihe hdpep..;that,perhaps the; poor fellpws..had.succe^ded.inT-reachirig; the shore,by .eling.i.n.g tp thq ; mas r t. ;^ j. „.,.on'Sunday a /large party, scouredrithe as/far as while a boat..under the charge of Aif'Faulkner prosecuted. the, search on the open sea. ; On Monday .two boats' crews were ipu t, but s.a. far...po^.trace of ith"e ; bodies^lias been Jdiscovered,,,^ ,'; „,'..',','."','/' ,'[■'" r [\ ; A soft felt hat,^supposed i:6 belongHo Frank,Ander|pn^ was,.however,, pick-ed ittp. oiiithe beaph, .upon Sun'daV.tV <■-„. 1 -