ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2167, 4 June 1914, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

. BOATING ACCIDENT, MAN DBOWNED IN EVANS BAY. . A boating aocidont oc«tirred in Bvan-s Kay yesterday afternoon* in which a man gjiUHwi Jo-lui Lloyd lost lus Jifo. Accompjiujed bv tlireo other men—Jelin Mint dark, Henry Robt. WeHsfowl, and Ernest Tho-mas Jl'Dotpll—tloya wae out eaJling m a 17ft. cent*e4ioard boat. fiSiertly before 2 p.m., when tho hoat wns n. 3ttt3e to the north of the tliiicHi Steam Ship Company's laundry, awl not very far out from the shore, it suddenly capsized. Moyd, as the oldest man of tho jxorty, was the wily life-belt which the boat contained, his companions cftiitaiviiig to keep tlicmssslves iiljove water bv hsuighig ott to the 6vcrtm'iiod boat. I'lig »i at flsri iimb was clmppy, and the wind was blowing hard, and tho three men were hard putto rt to maintain their bold, tlwy took it for granted. that Llnyd had drifted away in the life-belt, and entertained no fears for !ik safety, but in actual fact he had failed to keep afloat, mid was wontuaHy ■entangled isi th* gear underneath the boiit. ft© accident was noticed ashore, aiidthren inon employed at the Patoit Sjip immediately p«t oat ito tl» Tosoue, The msii clinging td tiw hp.at were savedi bait it ivas then <jis' covered tliat Lloyd, iustcad of having drifted rtivity in the life-bolt, was underneath the- boat, and bad been there for about twenty inmates. Tlie body was extricated and taken to the store, ivliere arfciJicial fespiration W-ns tried fo-r half ati hour, but' qaite iiiiavnilmgly. Dr. Young arrived about half an hour after the body bad been brought astero, •but conld eniy pfonounce life to ks ostiuet, ' ■ . .

Mr. M'Bmvell bns made* a statement to the police, In t-liis Iw states that tire beat was owned liy Messrs. Clark., Weilsford, and hiroxoK. They tte-ro re* turning from a visit ti> Shelly Bay, aoirl whilst cnden.wmTiiijg to tftc-k off thethiMii Company's Limidry ita boat capsized. Lloyd had- a .life-belt, and ivhite tho'other three were endcavourfciig to right tho bocsi fcliov noticed tlw life-bolt floating, but could not see- dficcassd. When tiro rescue party arrived, sM tho boat had iseeji righted, deceased was found entangled in the figging. T-lie three si-H'-vivws ivcro all suffering from shock and minor bruises, when they >,yer.o brought ashore. The members ef tlw resecto party* ivlio (lisjrfa'ye;! commendable promptitude jti out, sil'thoagh.tte sea was rro* ning laigft at tlio time, Were Messrs, G. Mctidt, F. t. Aftirtter, and J, Mmfhy. Tho.deceased was a man aiaijt fiityfh'o years of ago, employed at P. fitted son's briclsywd. Bo is survived Vγ .1 wkl<w and 'grwii-ilp family, who reside in Biropi Street-. '" ' An ifiquesfc will be held, tat no dachas yet be» fixed.