BOAT ADRIFT
LOCATED BY AEROPLANE.
BROUGHT ASHORE EY LIFEBOAT.
CHRISTCHURCH, February 13
An aeroplane and a lifeboat were requisitioned in the rescue of two .young men, Alfred Cobden, and Erie Vincent, who put out from the Waimain- Surf Club yesterday morning in one of the Club’s small boats-
These young men with two- friends, D. Cobclen, and Dunn, were rowing in) the surf for some time, and were about to make for home when they lest an oar. Dunn and D. Cobden dived after the oar and caught it, but found that the current and wind had carried the boat out of reach. They therefore made for the shore to get help. Squadron-Leader Findlay located the boat about eight miles out, and the Sumner lifeboat was launched and raced to the rescue. The drifting boat was taken in tow and brought to tho shore.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1933, Page 6
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