OVERBOARD AT 1. A.M.
YACHTSMAN'S CLOSE CALL. SUPPORTED BY WOMAN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) SUVA, August 25. Mr. McCarthy, who accompanied the . yacht Gundoa from Sydney as a member of her crew, had a very close call last week-end. Accompanied by the yacht's owner, Mrs. Vine, he was going on board about 1 a.m. in a small dinghy. . As far as can be gathered they were about to climb on board when McCarthy slipped and fell overboard. He was seized by Mrs. Vine, who held him while she screamed for help. Happily the Test match was on and many people were sitting up to listen to the wireless. Among these were members of tJie residential staff of the Bank of New South Wales, and hearing the cries they quickly got a dinghy and pulled over and managed to relieve Mrs. Vine of her burden just as she was about exhausted. At first the rescuers could not see where the trouble lay, but a quickwitted passing motorist turned his car so that his head lights illumined the water. Mr. C. Huon with the assistance of a Fijian, lifted Mr. McCarthy on board, and also helped Mrs. Vine on to the deck from the dinghy. Mr. McCarthy had been in the water for 20 minutes, and Mrs. Vine's effort to hold him up for that time verged on the heroic.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 208, 3 September 1934, Page 7
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