CAPSIZE OF A KETCH.
TWO MEN HAVE NARROW ESCAPE. ■ (Pet United Press Association.) ' NELSON', November 9- : The ketch Matakana .capsized .'during a ■-.squaiL pft Eiwaka- this morning.' A northwest wind- was blowing -tnd-iveeied sontfc;(>veat! .with suddenness.■. that; nothing could bo, done to .avert the accident. Iho men oa ...'boardr-Tregidga, the master, and.-McNai; ' —had a narrow escape, clinging>to the keel for . two. hours , with the waves breaking over them. Later a dinghy, which sank .when the ketch capsized, came te tlie surface, and they , were able to secure ■'■ it. - It .was. broken, and leaking badly, bal they managed to effect rough repairs with ■articles of clothing and using two planks • for* paddles they managed; to reach Molu,eka. Search for the ketch proved, unavailing--. ■ :-■;
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13529, 10 November 1911, Page 3
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122CAPSIZE OF A KETCH. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13529, 10 November 1911, Page 3
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