HARBOUR COLLISION
TOWING LAUNCH SUNK. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, May 3. A collision occurred in, Auckland harbour to-night between the Northern Company’s steamer “ Rangitoto ” and the launch “ Alert,” which was toying a single barge. Ihe steamei struck the launch on the port b.ow, cutting partly through the timbering. The launch sank. The men aboard the launch scrambled on to the barge before the launch sank. The launch was 32 feet long, and was owned by Parry Bros., toning agents, and it was not insured. LI • 'forts will be made to salvage it.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1929, Page 6
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93HARBOUR COLLISION Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1929, Page 6
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