FATAL BOATING ACCIDENT.
(I*KU I’ttKSS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, Oct. 22. A. boat was struck by a. squall ibis afternoon in llio harbour while sailing. iSiio went down instantly. A schooner near rescued William Matthews, boat builder. .John Heott, plumber, and W. Cook, shoemaker, were drowned. Cook was unable to swim; the other could. Mallhews hud a narrow escape. The sheet was fastened round his lei?, but the rope, was long enough for him to gel his head above water.
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Patea Mail, Issue 949, 23 October 1882, Page 2
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