LOST AT SEA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10903, 18 October 1913, Page 5

LOST AT SEA.

QUARTERMASTER DISAPPEARS

A MONOWAI MYSTERY

On the Monowai's arrival at Wellington on Thursday afternoon it was reported that the ship's quartermaster, John M'Kechnie, had been missing since early morning, when the vessel was on route from Lyttelton to Wellington. Those on board were able to trace the quartermaster's movements up to 4.45 a.m., since when nothing has been seen of him. At about 4 a.m. he too!: a cuo of coffee to the chief officer (Mr J. Scott), who was on the bridge. He then temporarily relieved the man at the wheel and afterwards relieved the in a n on the look-out for some time. The look-out man last saw him at about 4.45 a.m. attending to some crockery. The quartermaster was missed at 6 a.m. Despite a thorough search of the vessel nothing has since been seen of him, and it is presumed that he fell overboard. M'Kechnie was a single man, aped twenty-eight, and a native of Scotland. He has been in New 7 Zealand since 1908, and has served on the Monowai for the last eighteen months. His relatives in New Zealand are an uncle, a brother, and a sister, who live at Dunedin.