KNOCKED OVERBOARD.
SHIR’S MATE’S EXPERIENCE. Gisborne, Sept. 4. When the schooner Elsie Mary was off Tokomaru Bay at 2.30 a.in. on Thursday last, running in the tooth of a southerly gale, orders was issued to hoist the gaff. The mate, Herman Erorim, sprang to the top of the deck cabin and was endeavouring to make fast the peak line when the vessel gave a roll and the gaff swung round, catching the mate and knocking him into the sea. Erorim, who was hidden from the rest of the crew in the inky darkness, had the presence of mind to grasp the peak lino as he fell. The first indication the skipper, Captain Stephens, had that there was anything amiss was a splash in the sea over the stern and Erorim rose struggling in the icy water. As lie was in oilskins and heavy sea boots, it vas with difficulty that be kept alloat, even with the aid of the rope. It was over five minutes before lie could be pulled aboard, being such a, weight iii his drenched condition, and with his huge sea boots filled with water, and it was all Ilia 1 , three men could do to lift him over the stern. Erorim., who was almost exhausted when lifted aboard, soon recovered and was on duty next day.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2932, 5 September 1925, Page 3
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220KNOCKED OVERBOARD. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2932, 5 September 1925, Page 3
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