SEA CAPTAIN’S DEATH.
Failed to Realise He Was Sick Man. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 17. 1 fie story of a sea captain who failed to realise that he was a sick man and died while his ship was being rushed to u? e nearest port in an effort to save his life, was told when the British tramper Fife arrived from Java. The captain was A. Thomson, who had command of the ship for two years. He complained of feeling unwell on April 4 in Torres Strait, and the next day his temperature was 104. The chief officer (Mr H. D. Rudd) decided to put into Port Moresby for medical aid and also obtained medical advice by wireless from Cooktown, but the captain’s temperature fell rapidlv, and, believing himself recovering, he countermanded the mate’s order and put the ship back on her original course. The next day his temperature was 103 and eventually on April 7 the Fife was again taken off her course* and headed for Townsville, which was 30 hours away. Two hours later the captain died and he was buried at sea on April 8. The chief officer took over command and brought the ship to Auckland. The Fife was formerly named the Penybryn.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20282, 17 April 1934, Page 9
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