STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
MAN SWEPT OFF A SINKING SHlNbtE BARtE - THE CARGO SHIFTS Auckland, Moiidhy At 2.30 this mofhihg a shingle barge capsized ih the hafbbuf opposite Devonport, and a maU on boai'd, Mr. T. Daniels, struggled for life fbr three quarters of an hour bfefbre being picked up by the ihferfest chdnce. The barge carried lO'O tons bf shingle, which, following a squali, began to shift. ... Mr. Daniels was> tryirig to fix the cai'go when the bai'ge begari to sink. THe shingle f fell around him, dii'd he juinped for it. Ori board a launch which had been towing thfe bai'ge were Master C. R. Lannan and .another. They boiild see nothing bf Mr Daniels, and began to thirik that he was drbwn'ed. At last they satv hini clingihg to a piefee bf woo'd. He had di'ifted 440 yards with the wind, and though tifed was in good condition.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 598, 1 August 1933, Page 5
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150STRUGGLE FOR LIFE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 598, 1 August 1933, Page 5
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