LOST OVERBOARD
SEAMAN FROM HAWERA RESCUE IMPOSSIBLE (By Telegraph.—rress Association) CHRISTCHURCH. Tuesday An able seaman. Mr Albert Lowe, aged 25, was swept overboard from a New Zealand cargo vessel by a heavy sea recently shortly after the vessel left an Australian port. Mr Lowe, a single man, whose parents live in Hawera. was lashing down deck fittings when a sea swept across the ship, carrying him overboard. Although an emergency boat was ready to lower a minute and a-half after the alarm was given, it was deemed impossible for the boat to live in the big sea running and the attempt at rescue had to be abandoned. The storm was described by those on board the vessel as the worst ever encountered. Deck cargo was lost overboard and some damage was done to cargo in the holds.
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Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21414, 7 May 1941, Page 9
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