Wreck of a Schooner.
The auxiliary schooner Emma Sims, when attempting to enter the river at Hokitika on Monday morning shortly after daybreak, was struck by a heavy sea, which came aboard, disabled the tiller, washed .Catptain Darragh overboard and severely injured the man at the wheel. The vessel being disabled, came broadside to the waves, and stranded on the North Beach. The captain, after swimming a quarter of. a mile, was drowned, being then about a similar distance from the shore. His body has not - been recovered. He was married six months ago. The vessel is undamaged. Her cargo,is now being discharged. Captain B. Darragh, who was drowned' had 5 bean master of the Emma Sims for three months. He Was to have left her after this trip in order to study for a foreign trade certificate. He was only 32 years of age. He had formerly commanded the ketch Kestrel, and the scow Southern Isle. The Emma Sims is a wooden auxiliary ketch. She was built at Brisbane "Water, N.S.W., in 1895. Her dimensions are 77ft 2in length, 20ft 7in beam, 6ft Sin depth, 61 tons register. She is owned by Mr John Sims, of Kaiapoi, Canterbury, who also owns the Amelia Sims and the Joseph Sims. A few months ago the Emma Sims was fitted with an auxiliary oil engine.
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Manawatu Herald, 9 July 1903, Page 3
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223Wreck of a Schooner. Manawatu Herald, 9 July 1903, Page 3
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