RESCUE OF YACHT’S CREW
GALLANT WORK IN LIFEBOAT VESSEL CAPSIZED AT SUMNER. SURVIVORS ALMOST EXHAUSTED. By Teiegraph. —Press Afifiociation. Christchurch, Last Night. A Sumner lifeboat rescued a yacht’s crew of four on the Sumner bar hte this afternoon. The Huia, with the owner, Mr. H. Farr, and three others on board, was capsized on the bar. The occupants managed to hang to the boat. Although owing to the rainy weather the beach was practically deserted, the mishap was seen from the shore and the alarm sirens were sounded. There was delay in getting a crew and the inflowing tide and a head wind made the lifeboat’s passage slow, so that when it reached the yacht the men were almost exhausted. Numbed by the cold as they were and heavily buffeted by the broken water, only one was able to help himself. The other three had to be dragged on board by the lifeboat’s men.
The rescued men soon revived on shore and were able to go home. The lifeboat also went back for the Huia and towed her to safe moorings.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 April 1928, Page 11
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