LOST OVERBOARD and DROWNED.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11994, 22 July 1907, Page 4

LOST OVERBOARD and DROWNED.

i S^ F^ -•■ Dunedin, July 21, "t TheT'schooher,"! Warratah, which left Lyttelton ' on" July 12th arrived heret o-day. * Sbe'Diet. a succession of?"soutberly and "south-westerly gales. On Wednesday f a big wave] came aboard on the porfside, when the cook.gwho was named Joseph Hughes, was washed overbroad. Thej v nfortunate^man was seen lying in the water? near the schooner, but apparently The was unconscious as he made no_effort to grasp some tim- i ber which! had been thrown over- j board, and: was floating within his reach. The schooner was brought round, and a search was made for Hughes, but there was no sign of ! him. Deceased was about fifty years j of age, and he leaves a widow and a ! family of seven in Sydney. i THE WRECK OF THE BARQUE 38 WOOLLAHRA. Wellington, July 20 The Court of enquiry into the wreck of the barque Woollahra decided that the loss of the barque was not caused or contributed to I y negligent navigation, but was caused by an error of judgment on the part of the captain as to the positioa of the [vessel when the wind shifted. The . officers and crew did all they could wben the vessel struck. The Court commended the actions of the second mate (William Gough) anu seamen Walter Pen ton and Konig. Geut is really a special form of rheumatism caused by excess uric acid in thf olood. Whether your gout is acute or ahron'c, Eheumo will cure you. All storei.