LAUNCH RAMMED BY FERRY BOAT.
TWO GIRLS LOSE THEIR LIVES
Wellington, To-day. The harbour ferry boat Cobar, oil lu>r 11.15 trip from Wellington to the Eastern Bays last night, rammed the Wellington launch Mavis (owned by Mr Williams), which was well-tilled with a pleasure party returning to town. The impaef and the resulting heel over of the launch threw four people into the water and two of them, both young girls. Miss Molly MeArthnr and Miss Daphne Tyree, were lost. One of the bodies was recovered by the launch’s dinghy, and it was seen that the girl had been struck by a sharp object, probably tbe propeller of Hie ferry boat, and death must hove been practically instantaneous. There were thirteen passengers on the launch. Mrs Day and Miss Mavis Day were picked up after having been in the wafer several minutes, and the dinghy then returned to the launch after those on hoard had called mil to the captain of the Coliar that everything was all right. If was (inly after the return to the launch that the loss of the other two girls was revealed, and a hopeless search began. By a fortunate chance the watch on the Japanese cruiser Yaknmo saw that something was amiss in the harbour, and promptly n welcome beam from Hie warship’s searchlights swept the harbour and set tied steadily upon the seene.
The Cohar was almost off the Oriental Bay Kiosk when the passengers on board were startled by the sudden ringing of tbe engineroom telegraph and Hie immediate stoppage of (lie boat, while from Hie harbour came cries of distress. The Collar circled round the scene of the mishap and if was shortly seen that a dinghy from the launch was cruising about looking for the missing. The launch’s dinghy picked up (lie body of Miss McArthur and transferred it to the Collar. The launch from the Yakmno came on the scene shortly afterwards and towed the Mavis to the Yakumo. The Japanese cruiser had turned her searchlight on the vicinity of the accident hut then all who were afloat had been lifted out of the water. “If was a quiet family outing,” said Mr Marychurcli, “and Hie accident came so suddenly.
Both (he Mollic McArthur and Daphne Tyree (still mis sing) were about Ifi years of age.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2693, 9 February 1924, Page 2
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387LAUNCH RAMMED BY FERRY BOAT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2693, 9 February 1924, Page 2
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