BOAT SWAMPED
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ONE OF THREE MEN MISSING
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AUCKLAND, Bept. r». After n'early three hours in .freezmg water in Rangitoto channol, two of three well-known Auckland men whose small boat was swamped while the? were fishing this afternoon, were rescued in an exhausted eondition. One of the men struggled ashore on to Rangitoto Island and the other was picked up by the Marino Department i launeh. The third man w'as swept away by. the strong tide and" has not been Ifpuijdt- The fnj-ssiirg. man is: — /jEx're" -■ J>\ de%n4e' purchas'e- offii'erif df .ment, Mission Bay. »-■ ••••.- --..qv-i ••• Mr. William W. King, solicitor, married, Mt. Eden, was" picked, up threequarters of a mile off . Rangitoto exhausted and suffer.ing from cramp. Walter Castaing, land ag,ent, married, of Mission, Bay, was carried severai miles by the strong current and managed to swim to McKenzie Bay' on Rangitoto. A launeh. took him aboard soon after he reached shore.
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 September 1946, Page 5
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155BOAT SWAMPED Chronicle (Levin), 19 September 1946, Page 5
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