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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Mr. Arthur Henry Fisk
Mr. Arthur Henry Fisk, Second Officer of the s.s. “Rakaia,” is the eldest son of Captain Fisk, of Blenheim, and was born in 1867, at Wellington, New Zealand. He went to sea after leaving school, joining the New Zealand Shipping Company's ship “Otaki.” After serving in several vessels of the Company's fleet, he was transferred to the steamer “Otarama,” as third officer-Subsequently Mr. Fisk served in the same capacity on the s.s. “Tongariro,” from which he was promoted to the position he now holds on the s.s. “Rakaia.” On the occasion of the grounding of the “Rakaia” on a sandbank off the island of Bijouga, on her first trip to New Zealand, Mr. Fisk was sent in charge of a boat to Sierra Leone, 300 miles distant, for assistance, and when forty miles from his destination the boat was picked up by the s.s. “La Guine,” after being five days away from the steamer. The damage to the “Rakaia” proving trifling, she was floated off, and steamed to Sierra Leone, taking the boat and her crew on board again. Mr. Fisk is a member of the Druids order, his lodge being known as the Ship Afloat Lodge, of London.
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