DINGHY SWAMPED?
SURMISE IN WELLINGTON
INSPECTION OF LIFEBUOY,
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, this day,
The ship's lifebuoy found on the Makara beach on Wednesday by an Island Bay fisherman has been almost definitely identified as being one of the Kotiti's by Captain Simpson, Government surveyor of ships. Captain Simpson was for many years. an officer on both the Hinemoa and the Tutanekai,- and he is familiar. with, the currents rouM the New Zealand coast. He considers that Makara is a very likely spot for any floating" remains; of the Kotitl to reach. The Kotiti's two lifebuoys were. attached to the vessel's* stern' rail, and attached to each buoy and to the ship were 15 fathoms of line'. On the lifebuoy that has been found this line-has been cut off, apparently hurriedly, near the lifebuoy.
Captain •Simpson considers that the crew of the Kotiti launched their boat, with the. aid of a derrick, and hurriedly cut the lifebuoys free from the vessel to take with them in the dinghy. Subsequently the dinghy must have been swamped and its crew thrown into the water.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 252, 24 October 1931, Page 11
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