A SENSATIONAL RESCUE.
AGED NATIVE'S PLUCKY SWIM. (By Telegraph.—i Press Association.) WHAKATA.VE, this day. A sensational launch accident oei-urreil at Whakatane Heads at I o'clock yesterday. A Harbour Board launch, with Mr. Metcalfe, tbe Hoard's engineer, Mr. Mays, foreman, anil a number of other men. was returning from Whale Island when the launch struck the outmost rock at the entrance, throwing five workmen into the .-rf-a. which was breaking heavily. They clung to the rocks, all rescued ultimately. The last two were in a perilous position for over an hour, and were thoroughly exhausted. Attempts to rescue by lioat and launch failed, but a native named Akima, aped 80, swam through the breakers with a rope, and all were draped ashore. The daring rescue was witnessed by a larjre crowd, including the Military Medical Board, who attended to the rescued men. They were badly bruised by their buffeting on the rocks.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 159, 5 July 1917, Page 7
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