LOST AT SEA.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1587, 2 November 1912, Page 5

LOST AT SEA.

A STRANGE ■ j QUEENSLAND INQUIRY, faV i {•■' j Brisbane, ■November ;li;. ri ' ' At tho adjourned inquiry jfegarding-thi';';' :■ ! disappearance of Mr'.. W, 'Li ■ Kbseby,'■.. j fourth 6on' of Dr. Ro'soby, .a'well-known V- j Congregational minister,.from.th'e.steamer. ■'■ 1 Wodonga between': Toivnsyilleand'.Bowen,. ■ the steward of the steamer, "gavo evidence''.. ] that the. boatswain had told him; : that ho . > (the boatswain), a- j fireman thatho'eaw.:.a.man 'jump.'oVer- , ■-'< board. Witness fold the';ch'ief officer,.' •■ | The latter' gave 'evidence? that: lie saw.. :j the 'boatswain, who. said ihe': ; fireman.had .. :j iiiado the .stafe'm'ehfc .■..'.Witness: did; not'/ ... ..-■! think is necessary to.report the statement. j to'the captain,, ' '■.';'■. '!'"'■'■'■'..& ■'■ i , The boatswain tetated .'.ttat-.Ke-.'Baw'a''. ;'. [man, whom,ho thought was Rosoby. The '■ j latter was not .'intoxicated, ': but "seemed ■.! unwell. Th'e fireman remarked to'witness, . l ) "1 6aw ; a nian go. overboard;/. Theywera . ■-'■, .1 drinking whisky oh the' forecastle bead, ;j They had a row." ■ ,'" ! '< V : '; ;:; ' ;' '. . ,'' A brother of deceased stated .that, dew h ceased was an absolute'teetotaller';'; :'. ; >...' ';; The 31fag^ra(a^..'.!ebmmqnj^ , -.' , "(m , -.' i, 'tJfß :.] happy : goducky. state of!"affairs '■■;.. oh/'tho i\ steamer. A m;an ! .had' disappeared .'and; ■ i nobody to discover anything 1 '; ~: about tho matter,. '.':>;:')'..'■,•''