BUFFETED BY GALES.
MATE LOST OVERBOARD ERO.M SCHOONER. ;per Press Association.; WANGANUI, last night. After being buffeted by tempestuous weather off the New -Zealand coast, during which the chief officer. Mr. Martin Lock, was lost overboard, the Aniercian schooner Lottie Bennett arrived to-day lmnbel’-laden from the Pacific Coast. The Lottie Beimett experienced a fair rtih across the Pacific ahd last Friday land was ill sight. During the night the wind increased to a gale with a mountainous sea. At an early hour next morning a heavy sea swept the vessel, carrying the mate overboard, and injuring one of the crew. The vessel at the time was running before the wind, and rescuo work was impossible. Several sails were carried away. Next day the sea moderated and port was reached without further incident.
The Lottie Bennett has a cargo of 700,000 feet of timber.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16042, 1 February 1923, Page 7
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