FEARS FOR FISHERMEN
Telegraph— Press
Parts of Launch Cast Up On Beaches
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NELSON, Last Night. Anxiety is felt for the safety of Mr.| &. L. Smith, a fisherman who left Nel-j jton on Wednesday morning in a fishing! daunch for Hekekenui and has not ref (turned. Ho was last seen off Kaiteri-J teri by Mr. Cedrie' Edmondson at 12.20j p.m. on Wednesday when Edmonson' left. Smith was then drawing in his lines. He was four miles off shore. The weather is thick, with a slight-nor'-west swell. The launch is 22ft. long, painted white, with a slate-col-oured deek. It is installed with a 4h.p. engine. Smith was wearing a bluewoolen jersey, denim trousers and gum boots. Later reports state that parts ot a launch have been found on 1 the sea) side of Haulashore Lsland, and some ofj the equipment, such as lines aud boom, which have been identified by fishermenj as belonging to Smith 's launch, havei been found on boulder bank, near the lighthouse. The search is being continued.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 26, 15 February 1937, Page 7
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171FEARS FOR FISHERMEN Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 26, 15 February 1937, Page 7
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