MAN OVERBOARD.
PRESS ASSOCIATION Dunedin, last night. Thomas Thomas, an ablo seaman on the sobooner Mcdora, was lost overboard on Friday while between Oamaru and Palmerston. He had just taken the wheel while the captain and other seamen went balow for rest. Those below heard a cry for help, and rushing on deck threw a lifebuoy overboard. They saw Thomas swim towards it. Tbe craft was put about, but though the lifebuoy was passed more than once, nothing was seen of Thomas. Deoeased was 32 years of age, a native of Swansea, Wales, and is believed to have no relatives in the colony.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1833, 14 August 1906, Page 2
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103MAN OVERBOARD. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1833, 14 August 1906, Page 2
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