FALL FROM STEAMER
MAN’S NARROW ESCAPE Frojn Our Own Correspondent HAMILTON, Saturday. An engineer, Mr. T. W. Lapwood, employed on the steamer Raw’hiti, had a narrow escape from drowning yesterday morning. The Rawhiti was making a night trip up the Waikato River, and at a point near the elbow known as the Pukekohe landing, she touched a sandbank. The vessel sheered off, and Mr. Lapwood, who was working near the stern paddles, lost his balance and fell into deep water. He Is unable to swim, but the wash of the vessel swept him into shallow water, in the middle of the river. His cries were not heard on the Rawhiti, and he was not missed until the boilers began to lose steam. In the meantime Mr. Lapwood was able to attract the attention of a Maori whitebait fisherman, who took him ashore, and loked after him until the Rawhiti returned.
Mr. Lapwood suffered a good deal from cold and exposure, but he soon recovered.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1065, 1 September 1930, Page 16
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164FALL FROM STEAMER Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1065, 1 September 1930, Page 16
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