LIFE-SAVERS’ LONG BATTLE WITH SEA
RISKY SALVAGE EFFORT Salvaging operations in the stranded Uralla were perilous, owing to the heavy seas, and nearly ended disastrously for three members of the Stockton (N.S.W.) Life Saving Club. The seas prevented the tug Lily from placing a line aboard the Uralla, and the surf boat was lowered, manned by three members of the Stockton Surf Club Messrs. H. Watson, A. Pugh, and A. Sinclair. Soon after pushing off, the boat was struck by a huge roller and capsized. Sinclair was rendered unconscious when struck by a large piece of timber floating in the surf. After battling in the surf for more than half an hour, Watson and Pugh succeeded in dragging their companion ashore. After stimulants had been given and dry clothes secured, they were taken to their homes at Stockton, little the worse for their experience, and suffering only from a few bruises. ( When the sea abated slightlv a gentle strain was placed on the ropes connecting the Uralla with the shore’ and the vessel moved two to three feet.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 430, 11 August 1928, Page 27
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