A FISHERMAN'S PLIGHT.
LONG SWIM TO SHORE. By Telegraph.—Pre** Association. Waihi, Last Night. A small boat, of which .Toe Gallagher, a native, was the sole occupant, capsized in rollers on the bar at the entrance to Bowentown harbor on Sunday last. Gallagher had been fishing outside, and was returning with a boat-load of fish. After a mile swim he reached Matakana Island, which is now deserted. Next day, despairing of rescue, he commenced to swim to the mainland, and was caught en route in a whirlpool, but after a desperate struggle he reached the shore.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1920, Page 5
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95A FISHERMAN'S PLIGHT. Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1920, Page 5
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