WHALEBOAT CAPSIZED.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3015, 25 November 1882, Page 2

WHALEBOAT CAPSIZED.

ONE MAN DROWNED. [By Telegeaph.] Inveecaegill, Nov. 25. On Thursday two men named Gray and I. Campbell left Riverton in a lighter for New River. The lighter was to be left and they intended to return in a whaleboat which they also took with them. When near the heads the lighter drifted towards the beach and Campbell got into the whaleboat and set sail in order to tow the lighter off the shore. Soon after a heavy sea struck the whaleboat, which filled and sank, Campbell who had previously fastened himself to a thwart, going down with her. When (he boat came to the surface Gray called to Campbell to get on the lighter. He seemed quite cool and replied, “ Wait a bit till I get the lashing off,” He raised his arms as if to do so when another sea swamped the whaleboat and she turned over with Cammpbell underneath. Gray was powerless to assist as the lighter drifted ashore and broke up. Gray got to tho beads and arrived here last night. The whale boat was picked up outside, but the thwart to which Campbell's body was attached had been torn out. He leaves a widow and family, but the latter are mostly grown up. The deceased had recently lost two vessels in the coasting trade, the last being the Eliza McPhee,