Shocking Accident on Board H.M.S. Myrmidon. Brisbane, August 11.
H.M.S. Myrmidon, which arrived at Townsville to-day, reports that on July 7, a boat was sent out to heave the anchor. The anchor rose and was slune at the stern of the boat. The ship hauled the boat in when there was still 80 fathoms of cable to be hove in. The officer in the boat was ordered to let the anchor go. The officer forgot that the heavy ropes attached to the crown of the anchor was coiled in the boat. Bryant, a petty officer, Francis Taylor, the boatswain, and Harry Bowers, an A.8., were caught in the coils of rope, and were dragged to the bottom, a distance of 160 fathoms, and were drowned. The bodies were recovered a quarter of an hour afterwards, still in the coil of the rope.
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Te Aroha News, Issue 166, 21 August 1886, Page 5 (Supplement)
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142Shocking Accident on Board H.M.S. Myrmidon. Brisbane, August 11. Te Aroha News, Issue 166, 21 August 1886, Page 5 (Supplement)
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