AN EXCITING ADVENTURE.
FEB FBBSS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, May 11. Thomas Clarke and Constable Bowe met with an exciting adventure last night in the harbour. They started for Hobsonville in an oil launch, and the journey proceeded uneventfully until well out into the harbor. Then it was suddenly discovered that the vessel was leaking. Soon the engine was running in water, and the two men realised that the liuneli would sink unless the cargo was jettisoned. About a toil of lnrse feud, It lie, nrnl stores had been lo uled on the lanuoli. When the cargo had been jettisoned they wire relieved to iitid that the water was not gaining, and the launch was slowly run in the direction of Hobsonville. Tlic injuries to the hull which caused the accident have not yet been ascertained, but it is believed that while the launch was lying at the Auckland breastwork during the day, it was either crushed by another boat or was run into.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8108, 12 May 1906, Page 2
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162AN EXCITING ADVENTURE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8108, 12 May 1906, Page 2
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