A ROUGH TRIP.
A MAN DROWNED,
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, Nov. 19. Arrived, the 4-ton yaeht Tillikum, making a tour of the worid. The yacht had a terrible experience crossing from Fiji. Mr Luxton, a journalist, who loft the vessel at Suva, came by steamer. Ho was superseded by Louis Begent, who acted as mate. Begent, who arrived from Auckland in a trading schooner, offered his services for the trip. When five days out Begent was carrying the binnacle. The vessel lurched and threw him overboard, and he was drowned. The captain made for Australia, steering by the stars.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 267, 20 November 1901, Page 2
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