ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1854, 13 September 1913, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

6 9 SUICIDE AT SEA. V TRIMMER'S ACT' ON S.S. TAHITI. "Well, here goes 1" With theso words v a trimmer on tho Union Company's 11 steamer Tahiti climbed over the bul- ? warks, jumped into the sea, and was never seen again.' Tho oveni® occurred on August 25, five days after tho Tahiti B had left San Francisco for Wellington. ' and it was done in tho most casual manner. Gibson had been talking to " ono of the other stokers, and announced ? his determination in tho above oryptio I manner, without any warning of his intention. Tho purser, Mr. A. R. fhomp- " son, saw tho man jump from the bulwarks, and at once ran to the bridge, * and gave tho alarm. Captain T. 1. Evans at onco took charge, tho vessel G was smartly reversed on her course, and " a lifeboat .was dropped. A look-out 5 man was also sent aloft, but all without d avail, and after an hourts search the boat was picked iip, and the Tahiti continued ou her voyage. £ Gibson signed on in San Francisco for il the trip to Sydney. He gave hisjgo e og 27 years, and stated that ho boloUEcd 0 to Hughonden, Queensland, where his d mother resides. He also said that ha II was a telegraphist by occupation. G" 1 "