Scow's Master Runs Amok.
JUMPS OVERBOARD AND IS RESCUED. [PKR PREBB ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, This Day. Oil. Wednesday night, the master of the scow Wiumie, lying at Tryphena, Great Harrier, developed a violent form of mania. It is stated that, without any provocation, he ferociously attacked the mate who, in self-defence, was forced to handle his assailant very roughly with his fists. The master of the scow was then placed on the steamer Waitangi, bound for Auckland. Off Caps Colville he jumped overhoard. A boat was lowered very smartly and, as the man swam strongly in the wake of the steamer, he was picked up. On £he arrival of the Waitangi in town, he was brought before the court and remanded to the mental hospital for observation till 'Wednesday.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 March 1910, Page 3
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128Scow's Master Runs Amok. Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 March 1910, Page 3
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