ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON THE LAKE.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Volume I, Issue 2, 6 May 1863, Page 4

ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON THE LAKE.

LOSS OF LIFE.

On Monday morning, about 10 o'clock, one of the most distressing accidents occured that has yet 'taken place upon our Lake, which resulted in loss of life. It appears that a party of miners and others, numbering in all six persons, left the " Twelve Mile" in the boat Cheviot, the property of Mr Stewart of the " Twelve Mile", en route for Quccnstown, although at the time of starting the weather was somewhat boisterous, consequently making it a rather hazardous trip. Upon arriving at about 2 miles from the Qucenstown Reef, a sudden squall caught the boat and precipitated the entire crew into the Lake. The boat at same time turning bottom upwards, and in this state eagerly clung to by the men in the water, and it was in this trying position that John Baker, a German, relaxed his hold upon the boat, and after catching for an instant at one of his mate's legs, sank to rise no more. The case of this man appears most singular, as he was reported to be a most excellent swimmer; and sufficiently points out the danger of this inland sea. Mr. Campbell's boat—also of the Twelve Mile—happily was not far behind the " Cheviot," and seeing the accident, bore jdown upon the scene of disaster, and happily succeeded in rescuing the men from their perilous position, without any further loss of life. Great praise is due to Wm. Campbell and Angus M'Coy for their strenuous efforts to relieve and save the men, as also the readiness and expertness that characterized the movements of the police boat, under Sergeant Bryant, and the " Young America," belonging to Mr. Rees.