A BOATING FATALITY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81883, 7 November 1906, Page 2

A BOATING FATALITY.

TIIUKK MViiS LOST. Il'ei I'le s A siaiulioii). J.S'.Km'-:.<i.|,i„ .M,v.'ii.li.;|- ii. lent, iuvulviiiß ih-. I .«. (: [ i!i.- c « l.ve , .■cm-red in tin es inr, -h-i- midinJil. A |ul/ eon-i5i,,,.. ~, Wm Bill (aged 30), Mo-s !t, z i,;,,,,.,, ( ys), rt'ikuu i'uioi, (It)), Claude Davcy, 'avid Mnnv.lu.n.un.i Ki ~c l (iilchn-t eiUuveruarp'i n, ,|| „j| J a ,,, lc |, , vlll i dinghy for Sandy I'oinl ou ■. fMimtf ■qiedition, Th.-y niK-ii-jivdiliß Lumen. •ll : the shore, and .vine of the parly au.k'din lae <lin K hy. When rclurung the dinghy was swamped, and lothing luis since been s.-en of Bail, la/.elmore and l'nton. The Uw-hitter vere married yitlrTllfce "and four children respcelively.

Later. Details of the drowning accident at W Itivcr Heads last night show that i party of six tradesmen set out in an nl launch for the evening, floundering. Chey anchored inside the Heads, some WO yards from a sandy beach, and .vent ashore in a " flaty." A sudden change of weather, with me of the fiercest shifty gales of the season came on, and they decided to .•eturn to the launch, and await the using of the moon to run back to town. Jlaude Davey and David Hamilton, he owners of the launch, were taken .11 by Wm. Bull and Ji. Gilchrist to utend to the engine, the latter two reuurning for Wm. Paton and Moss ffazlemore, and the net and iish. The wind seems to have freshened md blown on shore, for when the flaty ;ot near the launch, it was found making leeway and in danger of swamping. i'lioso on the launch wero hailed, and isked to veer away, so that the craft fl'ould come down on the flaty, but the cind was so fioico that the request sould not be made out.

Those in the boat decided to return 10 the shore, and in the confused sea .•unning the craft went from under them.

Gilchrist managed to reach tho beach, and saw the other three swimming behind him, but a black squall came up and he saw no more of them. All were hampered by gum-boot's. Che boat came ashore soon after, with .he net and fish still in it, and Gildirist is of opinion that had tho others >uiyed by it, it would have supported them.

The body of Hasolmore was recovercd. He was a native of lnvercargili, aged 36, and married, with three children. Paton, a carpenter, aged 40, was also a married man, with four of a family. He was Davoy's brother-in-law. Ball was also a native, being a son of the Town Clerk at South lnvercargili. He and Haselmore were employed by Messrs Broad, Small and Company,