✨ Death of Superintendent Robinson
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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
(PROVINCE OF NELSON).
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Honor's command,
J. C. RICHMOND, Provincial Secretary.
VOL. XIII. | NELSON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1865. | NO. 3.
Provincial Secretary's Office, Nelson,
January 31, 1865.
IN consequence of the very painful news just received of the death of the Superintendent, J. P. ROBINSON, Esq., by drowning on the bar of the River Buller, on Saturday, the 28th instant, the PUBLIC OFFICES will be Closed to-morrow. It is requested that all public festivities intended to commemorate the Foundation of the Settlement may be postponed until a day to be hereafter appointed.
J. C. RICHMOND,
Provincial Secretary.
Provincial Secretary's Office, Nelson,
January 31, 1865.
THE following particulars relative to the death by drowning of JOHN PERRY ROBINSON, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province, and others, on the Bar of the Buller River, West Coast, on Saturday, the 28th instant, are published for general information.
J. C. RICHMOND,
Provincial Secretary.
On Board the steamer Wallaby,
Blind Bay, January 31, 1865.
SIR—It is with very painful feelings we have to report to your Honor the distressing accident which occurred on Saturday, the 25th instant, when lying off the Buller River.
About half-past four o'clock on the afternoon of the 28th instant on the Wallaby arriving off the harbor of the Buller, from the Grey River, the master ascended the rigging for the purpose of examining the bar. Having satisfied himself that there was no apparent danger (the bar being perfectly smooth), he ordered the life-boat to be lowered, and his Honor the late Superintendent, his son, Messrs. Burnett, Gully, and M'Culloch, four seamen, and the chief officer, with the luggage of the first-named five persons, left the vessel, when, after crossing the first roller-wave on the bar, apparently in safety, the boat did not appear to rise over the second, the chief engineer, who was observing the progress of the boat, ascended the rigging, and immediately called to the master to come and see, as there seemed to him to be something wrong. Immediately the vessel was put to full speed, and another boat lowered and pulled towards the bar, where was found the lifeboat full of water, and some of the party holding on by the sides, and others inside of her. On her return to the vessel, in tow of the second boat, we
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1865, No 3
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🏘️ Public offices closed due to death of Superintendent
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government31 January 1865
Nelson, Superintendent, Death, Public Offices, Holiday
- J. P. Robinson (Esquire), Deceased by drowning
- J. C. Richmond, Provincial Secretary
🏘️ Publication of particulars regarding death of Superintendent
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government31 January 1865
Nelson, Superintendent, Death, Buller River, Drowning
- John Perry Robinson (Esquire), Deceased by drowning
- J. C. Richmond, Provincial Secretary
🏘️ Report on the drowning accident at Buller River
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government31 January 1865
Buller River, Drowning, Steamer Wallaby, Accident, West Coast
- J. P. Robinson (Superintendent), Deceased by drowning
- Burnett, Involved in drowning accident
- Gully, Involved in drowning accident
- M'Culloch, Involved in drowning accident