ANOTHER DROWNING FATALITY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10458, 24 October 1911, Page 4

ANOTHER DROWNING FATALITY.

.FOUR LIVES LOST.

By Telegraph—Prett Association.

'NIAPTERV Last Night.

I As a result- jo£ the. capsizing of a | sarf boat -engaged in loading "wool on I to the steamer iF%nriy,,iTom Wtoanga* , j rehu station, at Cape Turnagain., yesI terday,; ifour: inemibers of the d*pwned:,|, v t , tain Shirley, ansasterof *te\ •Fanny, the steamer was at anchor when the surf .boat, with a load of wool, capsized in going ofF to the vesßel, and sank, throwing the. oooupants into the'sea. y ; ■ -;' There were (four men dn the boat, and two of them were seen clinging to a [bale of wool, which, a® soon as |it ibeoaime 'soaked;,, disappeared together with the mien. The two remaining memibers of the crew clung to the 'bow of : the boat, which was stranded on the rocks in a 1 vertical position'- shortly afterwards. The <sea broke over the bow, washing the <men off. As soon as the mishap was> seen, a lifeboat wai launched from the Fanny, and' pulled' in the direction of the catastrophe, but none of the mfssing men, were seen. iWhen'ifche surf boat turned turtle, , there were also some Maoris in it, 'they sprang-into' the sea and swam, ashore*. > < -

';; The'four; men drowned' are all pknown toi 'have been -good swimmers. ■ All■•were 1 single; Their', names and | nationality •are:— v. I A. L.;'liioss, 23, Scotland. ; I & A.: Johansen, 26,. Norway: i- .*(■.. i015en,..26, Norway.; ' I J. Jorgensen, 23', (Norway.

The accident was witnessed from the shore 'by a number of people, but they were unable to give assist-? nnce. Th!e.,iFanny cruised about some time in the hope of picking up some of the men, but without success, and the vessel"came to port. She returned this morning to search for the bodies.