FATALITY ON THE INVERCARGILL. OFFICER WASHED OVERBOARD. Auckland, Nov. 20.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 422, 23 November 1889, Page 5

FATALITY ON THE INVERCARGILL. OFFICER WASHED OVERBOARD. Auckland, Nov. 20.

The Shaw-Savill ship Invercorgill, Captain Muir, cainc into the haibourintow early this morning, from London direct, and ancuoiod abthe pou der-ground. This forenoon Captain Muir loportcd the particular ot mi unlortunafco occuvrenco on the vessel in a strong gale a couple of week ago, by which the second mace, a young Englishman named Thomas H. Brown, locb his life. During hei run across the Southern Ocean the ship met with some very hea\y gales, and one of the severest of these was experienced on the 10th in&t., when about midway between Cape Leewin (VV.A.) and the North JMew Zealand Coast. At 6 o'clock on the morning of that clay tho gale was at itt> height blowing very heavily horn the couth, Avith a high easterly cioas s>ea 1 mining and breaking over tho vessel. aSIr Biown was in charge of the ship at the time, it being his watch, lie was standing about 6 a.m. on the foie-ca&tle-head, giving some directions to the crewregatdingreducinirsail, when suddenly a high pea came pouring over the foie-pai t of the ship with it resistiblo force, damaging some of tho bulwarks and sweeping the unfoitunate mate ovorboard. The accident was noticed by a boy, and the alarm of a man overboard was at once rai&ed. A lifebuoy was thiown to Brown from the stern of the ship as he floated past, bub it fell short, and he not being a swimmer could not reach it. The last over seen of him was when he was about 200 ft astern of the vessel, where ho disappeared. In tho heavy sea running it was impossible to launch a boat to &aye tho man, and it would have been useless to endeavour to reach him before he sank. The master at once put the ship about, and made over an hour's stay in tho vicinity of the mishap, with two men at the masthead, but without avail, ior nothing was seen again of the lost man. Tho Invorcargill continued her voyage, the remainder of which was without moment. The drowned man was a native of Bristol, and had only just attained his majority. He was well-liked on board, and hi& loss was deeply regretted.

A pood joke never should bo carried too far, ior ifc is sure to become fay fetched, Bashfulne&g is often iil^o the plating on sppons— when it wears off ib shows the bi ass. His Worship the Mayor and Mrs Devore leave for Dunedin on Monday in, order to be present at the opening of the Exhibition. Funny man: "How do yc?u like ray jokes?" Fiicnd; "First-rate; I ltko to renew my acquaintance with uld lriontU.''