A Sea Tragedy.
A dreadful tragedy took pace on the steamsr Te Anau at 680 on Thursday morning;^bi^t^^Waael was off K*van3b>mrnV, ob net way up the Dunedin harbour^ ~|£iss Nellie Batley, a young lady" : pas> senger from Wellington, was accompanied by a nurse, expr<»6?eG a wish to have a bath. The r|ft.qest was granted, and on, the nurse leaving the bathroom for a few seconds Miss Batley' toim&Bately looked the door. A steward, while walking along the deck happened to look over the side, and saw Miss Batley looking out of the porthole. Knowing that Bbc had teen some* what strange in bur conduct he determined to watch her movements. Saeing the unfortunate woman squeeze her sbou'.dera out of the porthole, the steward raised the alarm " Man overboard." In arifew seconds a rescue boat was lowered and search was made, but without success. It ia therefore supposed that the poor girl must "have been struck by the propeller. The oc« ourenca has been repoetod 4a- th^ Collector of Customs. Up to the present the body ha 9 not been re* covered.
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Manawatu Herald, 5 August 1899, Page 2
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181A Sea Tragedy. Manawatu Herald, 5 August 1899, Page 2
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