AN EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR.
By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, October 5. At midnight, while members of the steamer Squall were talking alongside the Railway Wharf, an unknown man, about 35 years of age, suddenly appeared among them, clothed in only the scantiest underwear. He stated that he was in serious trouble, and wished to avoid the police. He expressed the intention of drowning himself at six o'clock in the morning. Springing upon the steamer's rail, he dived overboard. Constable Holland, who was on the wharf, joined the Squall's crew, a boat was lowered, and was rowed after the would-be suicide. He swam under the wharf, and the pursuers were on the point of securing him, when he took a long dive, and was never seen again. His discarded coat, trousers, and shirt were subsequently discovered on the wharf. LATER. The body of the man who jumped m the harbour has been recovered, and has been identified as that of J. i William Thompson, a wharf labourer.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8550, 7 October 1907, Page 5
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164AN EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8550, 7 October 1907, Page 5
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