FATAL ACCIDENT.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5521, 6 December 1878, Page 7

FATAL ACCIDENT.

A fatal accident occurred at tho ship Hyderabad on Tuesday, resulting in tho drowning of a seaman named Peter Petersen, bolonging to tho ketch Forest Queen. Captain Watchlin, Mr. Gibb, anl two seamen were pulling to the ship Hyderabad, when a huge curler rose without any warning, broke on board the boat, and capsized her. All four occupants were thrown at ouco into tho water. Tho accident was observed from tho Hyderabad, and some of tho bands on board threw lifebuoys. Mr. Gibb stuck to tho boat, Captain Watchlin and a man named Charlie clung to an oar, but the fourth man, Peter Petersen, was never soon from tho time tho boat capsized. Tho other three being washed by tho current to the southward in the surf, a boat was launched from tho Hyderabad, and pulled out in charge of Mr. Koas and six men, picking up Charlie, who was greatly exhausted. They immediately took him off to the ship, and as ho was apparently drowned, appllied the usual means of recovery, and after a time succeeded in restoring animation. Captain Watchlin swam on shore, and Mr. Gibb also got safely to laud, clinging to tho boat. Mr. Ross and crow, to whom great credit is due, then put the men on board their respective vessels. The accident was not observed on board tho Glenelg until tho Hyderabad's boat was launched, when it was too late, oven if it had been prudent to attempt to send a boat through tho rollers, to render any assistance.