A Diver Drowned.
From Hbbart we learn that on the' 4th instast, : three .divers from the! BFelspnt wont |to ascefr^ain /the where* ; abouts of the wreck : ot '^tie Maude Mjra, which recently sunk m the, rirer. ; One of the dirers named Abel ' Worth, : after diecovering her, went down for, the purpose of sending up ballast. He had" been down three^quarters of an hour,; when,; as he- did- not .reply to the signals, his comrades became anxious regarding his safety. They continued pumping -air,' and 'after' four hoursithe body rose to the surface. • Worth being 'then- quite dead. Death is supposed to hare been caused by a woollen cap I'whi^' deceased; wore stopping the air* valve. '' ' v V '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 61, 5 February 1883, Page 2
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117A Diver Drowned. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 61, 5 February 1883, Page 2
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