A FISHERMAN'S ADVENTURE
TWO PERILOUS SWIMS.
By Tolesjrapft—Press Association.
Waihi, February 25. A small boat in which Joe Gallagher, a Native,-was the sole occupant, capsized in the rollers on the bar at the entrance to the harbour on Sunday last. Gallagher had been fishing outside, and was returning with a boatload of- fish. when his boat was upset. After a, mile 3 swim he reached Matakana, a deserted S Ne\t day, despairing of rescue, ho comroeneed to swim to the mainland, being caught en route in. a whirlpool. After a desperate struggle he reached- tlw Bhore.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 130, 26 February 1920, Page 4
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96A FISHERMAN'S ADVENTURE Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 130, 26 February 1920, Page 4
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