BOATING ACCIDENT
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Telegraph— Press Association.)
NIELSON, Last Ni^ilt
13je kotcih, Matakana capsized duu-ing'.-a sqiuall off Riwtaka this morning, A nortih.-flv.esit wind was blowing, and. veered to south-west with such siuddenjne&s tlhiafc nothing could, be dome to avert tihe accident. The men on board!, llregidga, Master and MjoNiab, had a narrow escape, clinging to the keel for two hours with the waves breaking over them. Later a dinghy, which sank when the keftch, capsdzed, caotne to "the surface and they were able to secure it. It was broken and leaking badly, lwt tfhey managed to effect Tough repairs With articles of clothing, and using two pilanks for paddles, they mianaged to reach Motueka. A search for the ketch proved fruitless.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10474, 10 November 1911, Page 5
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122BOATING ACCIDENT Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10474, 10 November 1911, Page 5
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