DEATH OP H. E. SEARLE, THE CHAMPION SCULLER.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue II, 13 December 1889, Page 2

DEATH OP H. E. SEARLE, THE CHAMPION SCULLER.

«. Melbourne Dec. 10. 'Henry P\ Searle, the champion sen 'er of the world, who has been BufPe.'ing from typhoid fever, died to dav. He was first taken ill, after leaving Suez, nut improved after reashu.g Colombo, whora lie took part in a loot r«cn and also in a cricket niaich. Shortly alter reembarking he rapidly developed typhoid fever, and was removed to the ship's hospital. He arrived at Albany on the 17tU November in the steamer A astral, aud came on here by her, when he wai removed to tbe

sanatorium at Wil'iamstiwn Henry K. Searle was a native of Grjfon, New South Wales, where he was bom on the 14th July, 1866. His Jiist app© ranee as a prominent scu' c ■ w sat the Centennial regatta, held in JWua y, 1888, on the Clarence River. There he won the big handicap, receiving three logins nd a li -If foul Neilßen, and two ia« i half from Hean. Coming ■nfco no ice in tlu<? wny Searle was nolie/l to row Julius Wolf and Stan^b "■*;, two vo d Fecond-class | men, whom he defeated easily in turn. Racing Stansbury he^madji the best time on record — lOmin 15f s. A match was then arranged between Searle and Wm. O'Connor, the American champion, conqueror of Gattclsnr and Teemer. How this race was rowed in September last, and how Searle won easily, are matters of recent history. Searle was unquestionably one of the finest scullers the world has known.