DEATH OF MR HERBERT MITCHELL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 14 January 1890, Page 2

DEATH OF MR HERBERT MITCHELL.

••■ •• ■■■" ». ;/"" •:/;;; q :'.'" . ; Mr ...Tlionitts viUjtvWJl „ r^e> ivirf neyjft -eiul v *.* Ve«t*r day tlkat^hiH hrotiier • HWrbevt )ia<l »»%t his«l*a'<h'fey'drowning 1 in Welli i gton .. liaVbonr, . ' ,l I hq unfo tnn'-it'" incident occ^ri^d, t: >)n SiimW monrin;* la-t, an-1 tli» NvZj T-inJ»'S fnrt>i-iii«s the followinV f)ftiticnlnrfl :— ' . . . It «pji-v is 'this at 10 o'cjocfi;' ypsi terday morning thr.«« yonu^ m*a named H«*rb rt Mitchell, . jl)hor i»§ 0 ivei* '»nd John F yiin at»rt*'«t from the b .at haibunr in'rtii eighteen fi-ot h-ilf decked >aiHng bout for th « p<upoß * of having a <lay'ss daiHq^^^J the time of at ating a freslt Jibrtji west win^J'was.blowiag, and ucc^l* ingly a ro«f t»k«*?f in. They bM pi'oeeedHJ as far as Mag'zine Pom when it \ia? decide.! to put ih. lihorV anS feet a fals-» k#-01, :iiid tjie/. y-iu down t^e biy foi % a fihfti't, :Hitan^". and putintQ M»vliM '» bay. wh'-re a pi« 6« of tt*»« ■•»»•)• w«)j procqred fr»mMr Wa'lin . 'Jhu .u)>im^ hi.-.v se t •. work, and opow •>pi»hf»JOi« . «K»^k "f putfiigin'a M« • k<&l..by 4. 80 w'olock. By th at mo the wind uafl blowing with limiicane fore*: from the N.W , and Mr M rlin adviie I

khasoL not to go o'.ufr, as nQ, wat, conld life in such weather. They did no heed klti Parsing, however bat got up sail, took twtf ireeft in, und stood out across the bay/ Mr Marii'n, iii company with Mr Jone3, one of the employes of Mr E. HanHali stbbcr dnifo©" WSBtrffSMMlffg the boat/ wlfich had not gone mote 200 yards when *fr capsized and all the occupants were thrown into the *ater. Measw Mflrfcm *•**- Joaw= imraediatelyliiuncJied a boat »»>d pro^eeyedwith all possible speeJ to' the feJcue, They reached Fiynn first, but beta they got toMgfc^* sank. They had ng.t g<Jne • J|P?|((i|fn he reappeared oh the sjgaijtSo?« i : f^i|^ they Cutback "^ to sink jM^nV^ffi r Martin c&ifghi hold of^mwhen^ wa* *i»o»t 2ft b»low]iMi«|ib*W;J?^iea him ill* to thef t>^*~-3ipiß "WaX by this I time Kar^mncn eihjijisted, aid 'I while Mr~M*rtin rotr#the bont orer to the assistance of OliraT and Mitchell, Mr jJones , datpUd his energies : tq *estojping , Fiynn, with such suticeas that the young man gradually ,'recovered, ... . meanwhile Qliw was keeping' afloat ; Jaold'.ißf.os to aii dar; while Mi tohell .appeared to be clinging to the boat, which was going under. .The. re». caera reached Olim first, and were in the aut of pulliug . him. in when they saw Mitchell, wlp by this time h«d gor.-away from the- boat, throw tip his hands and sink. As -he- was evidently drowned, and asy moreover Plynn's case, appeared, serious, Mr Martin putba'clc to" the fhbre, Flynu waft-attended to, and after about half-an-hoar.'a work quite recov*T«d. Information having been giren'to tha'p^iice; an express wa» sent round to bring tha rescued men into t^wu. OUrex di I. not nppgar- ,to have saff«-red-mu«y but Fljhu w|i3 still very weak, aifil'was nttruded Ho by I)r Qoliins upon arriral in tqw,n. The acoident appears to hitv* b eu canned by the sheet lieing fast^nea ru. eppppquence df^whicli there was no headwy on. the boat She was lit ra ly blown down »>y the wind Curiously enough, when' they wire starting from shore, Mitchell implied jocUfnrly to Mr Martin's ei■rbstrtiatioi)i,; " Well if ; we get ?apaized We aball have this piece of.timber OheJa'sa keel) to hang on to " Mr Margin, and Mr Jones des rye every credit for the promptness with which they went to the assistance ofthe im/ormnate*, imd- th* ejjfrgy they exhibited thrafighout th» afti*. Mts Martin^, who has on several occasions giVen most valuable "assistance t£ bpating piitt- s, put, off in a bokt trit.li'' t\\6 hoyi'to kimt Xljt chvll ,but were unable to save the ill • lattsd yorihg ft&ft • ' ■'-'' ° : ' •