SHIP’S BOAT WRECKED ON WANGANUI MOLE.
THIRD OFFICER DROWNED.
MEN SCRAMBLE ASHORE,
Wanganui, Yesterday,
While entering Wanganui heads at dusk last evening a lifeboat from the liner Kumara, which is anchored in the roadstead, was dashed against the south mole and capsised. The crew of live all got ashore, except the third officer, Batty, who was drowned. The body has not yet been found. The sea was rough at the time. The boat was coming to port to pick up the captain who had been ashore for the day. Leaving the Kumara at 0 p.m., the crew had a trying time making the heads and battled against the wind and sea for two hours. Just when it got within the moles, the boat was swept against the rocks. Three scrambled on the rocks, hut the fourth man, Charles Game, was buffeted against a pile and was in the water for half an hour, landing some distance south. His face was badly lacerated and lie is now in hospital. AH. Batty was not seen after the boat capsized. He was a native of London and was about 25 years old.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2990, 26 January 1926, Page 3
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189SHIP’S BOAT WRECKED ON WANGANUI MOLE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2990, 26 January 1926, Page 3
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