HARBOUR MISHAPS.
DUNEDIN LAUNCH ON FIRE. (Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, This Day. A series of mishaps in the Otago Harbour yesterday morning was fortunately unattended by loss of life. When the launch Wanakn broke down outside tlie boat harbour the launch Rover commenced to tow her but overturned. A petrol case set the Rover afire, she'having to be flooded to stifle the blaze. Sydney Aitken, a University student, was admitted to hospital with burns to his face and arms. * Just half an hour later a rowing skiff capsized in the harbour, the three occupants clinging to it in a cold choppy sea for 40 minutes before they were rescued bv a launch.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 23, 7 November 1938, Page 4
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