LOST OVERBOARD.
By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, March 29.
At the inquest on James Fleming, who was lost overboard from the steamer Maori in Wellington Harbour, yesterday, the evidence showed that the deceased was a single man, aged 34, and was employed as a clerk by the Bank of New Zealand. He was under transfer to Wellngton, where he should have reported himself on March 20th, but had not done so. It. was stated that the deceased was under the influence of liquor when he joined the Maori at Lyttelton. A draft and two bank slips found on the deceased should not have been in his possession unless they were duplicates. It was not known if the deceased's books were correct. Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., found that the deceased came to his death through drowning by falling from the Maori, and everything possible had been done to rescue him.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3150, 30 March 1909, Page 5
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