FATAL ACCIDENT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 107, 8 May 1877, Page 2

FATAL ACCIDENT.

' )Wfwgret hayin^ifo re^-t the death %• jm>woi_g of WiJliar_i-:tljlQ_r^. the owner an 1 , i mast^i^f the sohoouer J^ay. which occurred j |Jilf..m^niri^under_.t^^fcum3tancet narjat-iii te'-Ipnow. ThCi»^i«^ed was a respected well-known, and hard working man, who himself built the vessel from which he to-day met with a melancholy death. He leaves a widow and two children to mourn his untimely loss. An enquiry was held bv tjhffi-C^llfstor -.qt ]o^toss>,this afternoon^? -V^-_.wia§ dvldjnce was gi^j by ' William Smith, wh6,~"besides the deceased, waa the only man on board:— I am seaman on board the schooner May, 17 torisT-eiSnging^il^relsori. u We lefT^elabir on April 19 for New Harhor^ T|ie crew con- r sisted of livf lfiai- Ghtfier, masWr, and myself, seaman. We arrived at New Harbor on the Sanday-following,- aad were* engaged- up toSaturday night cutting hop poles and firewood, and loading the vessel. We left for Nelson |ast evening, May 7, at 7 p.m., and at ' 10 p.m. experienced bad weather. At 4 a.m. . -to-day it moderated, and we $et ajl sail, the : ■ vessel then M^g off gepfp. Klanf. About ': i this time I relieved Gpfvet^ whs went below. ' ;. A&6a.m. th^Mdchopped^oupdtaN.W., and ; ; af£jra.m. I called Glower tflf sh^fteg sail. ; ; re_fed the oiuhsait, *^nd while reefing the X foresail fellloverboardj I bsingTat the helm : ' afi^he time|— This was* ahou{rjß*2o. I hn- . HJgdiately lushed the _€ln>9pwn,a|id thengt.t ; - ad|ift the IffeMbuoy, he beings'at^hia time • ; a^jut a chain astern. I eUdeayorjstl fo s^ay the-vessel, tint she wot^ld hot comarouridf as : -the se* was»ruaning tap high. CI ran _ft and slsasked off'-lhe maioiflheet i__td3rvotk her. : "I mn the vessel down>r/j the »lif_ buoy, but j rcfmld^ee'ndthrrig of Gfofbr Xl l^ouglit tht : ' Veelsel to wind, a^d climbe^l 3sp lo the s,mjE3Sh«ad tokee if I^pul<£s6e anything of ' ; hi% but codtd not. Seeing j_haeTthe|e was ; : ncKfurfsher hope of saving^ hi_r I steered the I ': 1 easel for Nelsbn, arriving atv^h^ Waimea TRwer abou^lHl a.m. Having-, itoistesl the 1 1 ensign haltjnasfc high^ the* plt<_jt ;fioatl came alongside. Ohin^there vfjSs ifo-pbssibilityof : bis making tha- laiid, Jits the VSccident hopi -*pei|ed fully fen, miles fromTthg^hore, an^a :-- heavy sea w)_s.Euntiingi Glover waa thickly TclS& Thepsser-telorigedrtojilm^ At the Xtim© ha fel^ oVerbparp he was'hanliog )Efie - earring out>o_ &sat_|nafc_onS_- the rigging '? I found thejfaje bbpi^rto|^>ins»4lift carried away, and I tfiink ir is 'possible he might have been holding on by it. I