MOTOR LAUNCH WRECKED
TRAGEDY AT WELLINGTON. Wellington, January 15. Residents u£ Island Bay, near Wellington, this evening were horrilied to see a motor launch, occupied by three men, being tossed übout by the angry sea. One huge roller pooped the frail craft, and another hurled it on the jagged rocks. Of the three occupants, only one man, Charles Collins, of 13 Hanson St., was saved. He was severely injured on the rocks, and was sent to hospital, llis son, William, was drowned, and another man, believed to be Charles Collin’s brother, was also drowned. The bodies have not been recovered.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2684, 17 January 1924, Page 2
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100MOTOR LAUNCH WRECKED Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2684, 17 January 1924, Page 2
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