LAUNCH SUNK.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19610, 4 May 1929, Page 20

LAUNCH SUNK.

COLLISION IN AUCKLAND HARBOUR. (THE FKBSS Special Service.) AUCKLAND. May 3. A, t.hc result of a collnion with the N.,rtl*.iMi .Steamship Company's* steamer Uaiißitoto in tho harbour shortly after IJ o'clock tonight, tho lumt.-li AL.rt, which w.w I<>W'"K a »»-, in lit. il.iiitf.T anil o.citped to the bur).'" hctoro <h*s launch »ank. }!»■ launch, which was towing an „, v barge from Krot-man » |i a ; " to Kuw-uu, wa.i moored i,, tin. port, hide of the |, il( , uliilr tli.' K.intfiloto was returning 1" Auckland mi her return t,m (...in <Wom.iri.h-l. The Knngitoto .-,1.1-m-k tho launch on the port bow, .■ ,r.yi.ig it away from tin- baige, which * i* tiU<> carried trom tho Ktvatner for ....mo .iH'titi.e. Hut for tho tow hues l„. UlV ii the h.irgo and tho luuuch the 1.H.1i-r \i-rtsel iimVt have sunk immediately. J hero wore two men on tho harge Jin.) two uii thu launch when the im...ict. t<«'k pla.c. hut no one waa injiu.il The men mi the launch w«re ii.,l. thrown inio tho water and were lt l.ie to M'laiuhlo oit t.i the barge before (heir own veiwl finally sank. The I.K.iich w<in down near where tho eolliiiwu iiccurrod and the barge was tit.h.i.-d to ui.uk tho spot, lights being diii-l.iy.il to viiiin shipping of its positi..n

The Alert, which wiw owned by 'Furry Brothers, nhippintr, find towing Agent*, 'wan a vessel 32 feet long with a.beam of nine feet and wat» employed prhicitHilly in towage work. She was n«»t insured and an effort wjll ho made to tudvagn her.