A YACHTING ACCIDENT

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 671, 23 November 1909, Page 4

A YACHTING ACCIDENT

: ;\:-- : y--;:.- [ ':r, •. i v. : ;v ■ A yachting accident that might lia'vo proved fatal in its.consequences occurred jil the harbour near Petono on Saturday afternoon. It sedms that a., small''.half-decked', yacht, about 14-' feet in .lengthy and., owned by Mr. : Trovethick,: juui,', of Lower - Hutt, had come froin tho Hutt Eiver with four ladies and'itwb'-'men on board. - The' weather was fairly calm,. only, a light southerly. bipwiug, v but .■; apparently, when the yacht iattempted to.go : abdutini the. • vicinityVbt Lowry Bay a slight .squall upsot her, aud. sho capsized, 'throwing.; all tho; occupants into. water.- Luckily. assistance .was' near at hand, Mr.'Stokes and two other men being' out in ti small open-boat. r w'ith a. sail rigged,: ',They immediately bare ;down--fronv the windward .'towards ~me/ capsized picked ' the six people out ,'ibf the ' water, anil ..sot', to; work /:to row; .nsboro,, since 'tho;?boat ,was too; full. to;,pormit -of. sailing/ -An eye witness .'who described.the .incident to a reporter .- was - emphatic: concerning .the ; promgti'' tudo ;of ,tho; rescue, 'holding tho conduct, of Mr.; Gtbkcs and: his; companions, who weighted their little boat with nine people,;to bo. highly comraohdablo.: Tho small;bdat.was pulled towards Potonb',. nhd when' riot very far from the' Shore was met „by' the. Petbri'o KaVals';cutterV which had .turned, out to :■ ronder;; assistance.. Of ( ;the party that had, been in the 'yacht one was' unconscious, but she was brought to' -s.rtificiftLjesnirfttiftn- ■ '.";,