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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 84, 28 March 1908, Page 4

Ail unfortunate episode, in which the would-be rescuer lost his li!c, while the endangered man was saved, occurred a few nißlits ago in Sydney harbor. William Steele, an A.8., belonging to the timber barque,ntine Alexa, was returning to his ship about 11.15 p.m. Apparently in attempting to board the vessel lie. missed his footing,- and fell in. Thomas White, the cook, hearing the splash and the cries for help, plunged in to Steele's assistance. Steele was secured by his shipmates all right, but White had disappeared, his body being recovered the next morning. White, ■who was 50 years of ago, was a colored man, and a native of Liverpool, England. He was well liked on board, and the sad nature of his death, while endeavoring to save a follow seaman, was strongly felt by hiu shipmates. Papers just to hand by the Brindisi ■mail are filled with details of tie assassination of the King and Crown Prince of Portugal. A pcru9al of the papers shows that the main points of the news available were fairly well covered by the agencies which cabled the reports of the disaster to Austl'a'ia and New- Zealand. There was one very interesting additional item, however, which came from Paris, and is worth reprinting. The flaulois stated that during her last visit to England—to attend the Orleans "Royal marriage, a few months ago—Queen Amelia had numerous conversations with King Edward on the subject of the political situation in Portugal. On the dnv of the Queen of Portugal's departure from London, King Edward handed her a confidential letter for Don Carlos, in which his Majesty said that, 111 view of the information he had received of plots against the Portuguese Royal family, he strongly advised King Carlos to take precautions for his personal safety. Unfortunately, King Carlos, always courageous and confiding in the goodwill of his subjects, did not follow the advice of King Edward, attributing his fears to personal friendship.