Boat Accident.
MEN-O'-WARSMEN BROWNED,
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
Wellington, last night,
Seven seamen of H.M.S. Archer were coming ashore in a sailing boat at 7 o'clock this morning, to take off last night's liberty men. A stiff northerly wind was blowing, and when within fifty yards of the shore the boat capsized, filled, and sank. The men were twenty minutes in the water before help arrived from the warship, and then two were missing, T. Nibletfc and Fred Simpkin. Two others were unconscious, and had to bo restored by artificial means. The party were taken back to the ship.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 200, 30 August 1901, Page 3
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