GALLANT CONDUCT.
LAUNCH TOWED TO SAFETY. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, July 27. With three men aboard, the launch which left Kennedy’s Bay, Coromandel Peninsula, on Friday night, with five men, is tossing in a heavy sea at Elephant Cove, on the windward side of Happy Jack Island, some miles from the township of Colville. The other.two men rowed in a dinghy on Saturday night, at the risk of their lives, and pulled the launch to the sheltered side of Happy Jack Island, and then rowed to Colville and notified the authorities.
The seas are too heavy for rescue launches to leave Colville with provisions for those on board, and as far as is known only a tin of cocoa was left on the launclTf The wind has now changed its direction, and is blowing straight into the cove. The three men left aboard are: Harold Bright (22), Jack Bell (18) and Peter Noyer (57). The two men who rowed ashore are the brothers Wilson and Reginald Bright, aged 16 and 20 respectively. The five men are engaged in farming at Kennedy’s Bay. Relief will be sent as soon as possible.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 245, 28 July 1937, Page 3
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