Two Sad end Fatal Accidents.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 24 January 1890, Page 2

Two Sad end Fatal Accidents.

. It ia with extreme sorrow that we have to record the fatal accidents that have occurred in the family of oura esteemed fellow setter, Mr J^ Kebbell of Ohau. It appears tha

on Wednesday Mr Kebbell tool, lib two elder, daughters, Mary and Dora Ann aged respectively 10 and 8 years, to tbe beadnear the Ohau river, and thoy wore accompanied by Miss "WMtehorn. During the morning the young ladies enjoyed a bathe, but whilst in tho water they suddenly walked into a deep hole, and . the two girls wero immediately drowned, 'Miss Whitehorn having very great difficulty in saving h.?self . The father "was at once called and he had the melancholy satisfaction of securing the bodies. Mrs Kebbell was in town -«fsjafc;witl_ Mrs T. Kebbell, and iir^pb?ll i_ai-i»4_a^|y sent a tele:gasM:^t'^M"to J^rs Thomas Kebßoi. ■; : alil^_hc.£v_o break the Bq##w£tb to say « 'w^i^%^-:vMsom befor* the amVaji.of this telegram that Mrs 'Kal^^.^^;/I»^'i^- > nied of the acqident M wfc-ea her husband b_ "-d i U&:\ v 4S_9*-v_*9. hu>\? th c togafs, aa£d ihsy T s,m : many, wih aecbti& th-sn-^thelr sincere sympathy in thi* -tye fcitqie oj? the-ir affliction with a ■ hope t thaj; timo atay . soften the ©iige of jits bitterness. We & v& informed that tho' two little .ones wUI buried on Saturday in the Ohurdh yard at Otaki. On the same day, whilst -yachting in Waliitjgton iiatbonr . Mr Thomas Kebbell the Uncle of M* J. Kebot-11 also met his de^tlL froa VSrownitsg, the following particulars of which wfc are indebted to the N.Z. Times :•— - It is with deep regret that we record thei *d«ath by droMiifgci Mr Thomas Kebbell, a w»ll-known citizettj which occurred during progress of the First Glasi Yacht Eace at the Regatta y eeterday . Mr Kebbell who haa taken great interest in yachting, for many years;' was engaged in sailing "the Florence, which was owned by him, when the accident occurrad. The jshkt winch *ffM leading had completed har second •journey rouud tho 'course, $&&:shortly after pasaing the flagship Mr Kebbell took the tiller from Dr Fell who formed one of the pavty re* marking, strangely enough, "that this would b© the last race h© would over sail. ' s He was aitting on tho weather gunwale of the bet holding on to the tiller lines, when he was observed by the doctor to suddenly fall backward into the water. It is supposed that tho lines which Mr Kebbell was holding ,«a; to either slipped qr w6re broken, and Mr Kebbell thus ioßthls balance and . fell overboard. Fell, who appears to have boen the only one ou board who observed the accident, made a grab at Mr Kebbell, but failed to reach him. A. boathook . was thrown to Mr Kebbell, but he did not succeed in reaching it. The yacht which was ; travelling afc a great rate, was put about as speedily as* possible, and in th© meantime Mr Cecil Kebbell jumped overboard with the intention of assietiug lr's father. While the vessel was gp. ing about the peak halyai'ds were carried away ' and the maaiagßmen i of the yacht was rendered' o '^bre difficult in consequence. Sh©' we*, however, brought round as speedily as possible nnd ?- line was. thrown to young Mr Kebbell, who, _iad f^ilad to reach his father and as he was. n a very exhausted state he waa'hahlod on board. A small rowing boat manned by two boys, which had been cruising about, _md : be«n brought un alongside the drefgoifag man and the lade succeeded in holding his head above water' unjaji £he Florence was breught np alongside. The unfottuiißte 1 - ivas then hauled into the boat fis^ffe&clfty as poisible. "In, the meantime a boat had put off the Aorangi with the. abips doctor, *nd .hft*n&s)jsF«lJ tried all they could to • i^stott?-'^^ mation, but unfortunately without success. Mr Kobbell had sv_{&atly been dead some -time bef ©re' he was taken ont of tbd . water.* -'WHet.- "he fell overboard he struck 6ut"*fo'ff the yacht, quite <Mol and collected but the breaking ,of th c . waves quic^y ov«rpo*wer«d hira ? and wheji lapt seen "by Dr Felt hes, h$P floating face downward. w|th h.g shoulders out .ofthe,. water, aud he was subae^uehtly. picked up in that position/" The. boitly . bifought ashore and '^ken '^ f ',the deceased gentleman's residence in Mannws-^street, whoiie^ tha Coroner will hold an inquest ' at 9.30 this morning. Iho parity on bpard the yacht consisted of Mr Kebbell his tyro son», M*essra ■' Higgiiiabn, Tiller, DrFell, and two sapors. The deceased gentleman,- who traa 1\ years of age, arrived ■m'**K»*»w Zealand by the ship Mandarin *m 1 1841. In co-operation with h?ir brother he built a siesta ; sAwtmill (afterwards a flour mill) in -i.h» -Manawatu, froip whibb J>iaee fhe was driven by the earthquake of 1855, whioh destroyed.: Jhv 5ull ? The brothers thsn obtained new machinery from England, and carried on business as flour-miilerg in Manners-gtreet until 1874, when they retired. At the time of hi* death Mi Kebbell was living in Manners street.. He leaves a widow and six children. Three Bons ars living in the Wairarapa and tbreo daughters are Meadames H. P. Higginson, ; A. de B Brandon, and Tilly (Wanganui).