TWO DROWNED

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21123, 26 March 1934, Page 10

TWO DROWNED

* . Swept Away By Heavy Seas 3IEX LOST AT SUMNER AND TAYLOR'S MISTAKE Two men were drowned in heavy : seas yesterday, one when he was ! thrown from a launch in difficul- : ties on the Sumner bar, the other when lie was swept of! the rocks ; while fishing at Taylor's Mistake. | The men were: KAY LAWKY. of Richmond terrace, New Brighton. | .TAMES lIAKKY lIESSEY, aged 2'2. single, of 1!> Simeon street, Clu'istchureh. A determined attempt to rescue Lawrv. who was drowned at Sumner, was made by Mr T. Climic, a resident of the borough, but Lawry sank before he could reach him. The heavy seas dashing against the rocky coast at Taylor's Mistake and the great danger of being entangled with Thick masses of seaweed made if impossible for his companions to make any attempt to rescue llessey. The New Brighton launch Moana was returning yesterday afternoon from Fort .Levy after a week-end trip and had on board L. C. Thackwell, T(j Montreal street, G. Weastell. Woolston, K. A. Kimber. t>3 Ward street, Addington. C. Cooke, Adumgton. J. Maofarlano. 184 Hastings street, Waltham. N. Croft. 453 St. Asaph street. R. Stewart. 8 Alford street, and Lawry. of New Brighton. A Terrific Kip A; the lime of the crossing of the hair a terrific rip was running. In the nor'-west conditions, the bar presented diflicult navigation problems for even anyone knowing its peculiarities. Tin' Moana. which i.s a big power launch,, had negotiated most of the troubled water of the bar in safety, and with most of her crew standing on the deck and two lying on top of the cabin, was heading towards the end of the sand-bar. Following swells were momentarily liicr. asmg her speed, and losing i iiem .- he would slip back into the trough, barely making headway again-t the ebb rip. Without warning, a l.em.y swell almost about to lack .-hoi the boat forward with :u< h -peed lhat -he broached 10. ami Wea. !■•!! and Lawrv. who were lyiag on lis com. mid Limber. Cool.e and Mae'arlau,- clambered back on !:,'■ launch almost inunedi.ilci'.. bni Ci'oit. Stewar!, Wea ;- b'ih aad Lav. ry weio still m the N'.aaei. ('I'"!! an.l Stewart were . "o:i a ; !e to i eaeii ihe b0.,!. «»i,c A lan Ib'Mtied ' •'V -a u t , b. in (iigl'culli.ss. ami 'fhaek". (If v. ho had beep left on ■nd ■{■■ ed u. If' re.a fed \','eas!el! v. ho v a , laelicaihv eahaimted, and 'a Ip'd hau back to tiie boa!. V.'llleii, ' agh 1 m Iho , urrenl, v, a , rapidly a dimg , .ear a: s L" -..■,.» back (o la hi I .ay i,g \. ho ic tins (in'e was '.'.'' ' o' ike dialling boat am! a.p- ---' a", d esM.mste !. ni'hollgii g'lp- : oi Imp him eil en a piece of tmiAhia.ngn \ o-. |,...g minutes had 'Payed hepc-en the time lhat the .' c •,.,.,,! |,.,,j h,,,-,-,..,,, ,| ;,,,,) j!,,. ~,,.,, :.r. e,i blue ;.,>eebmg of the : r.r'.\ o'. !iie f'a. e Keck. A crew cou.as!mg of : i ■; members of the Lifeboat I a.I a ut ion and t \vn members of the Sumner Li-'e-Saving Club launched h'" old hi. beat llescue 1 . housed at the pa is Attempt fo li'c.ieh Lawry Me:,uv hi ie, M r T. Ciiinie. win i v.';.-- \'. alkiog on the beach, saw that Lawry, u ho apparenlly was un;i!)le to swim, v. as in serious difficulty. Throwing oil' his coat, he went to Lawry'.--; assis'aiiee, altiiough the la: !-ebbing tide v, as ditlieull, even lor anyone in ;i boat. Ciiinie : aid that he entered the water near the pier, and had to v. ade some distance before the iheivmg iieich ga\'e way to ileeper wall in The water was very choppy and allhough both men were both rapidly drifting' downstream, Climic managed to swim to within 15 yards of Lawry. J lis clothes hampered him greatly, and Climie considered that had he stripped o!f on the leach he could have saved Lawrv. i .awry, who i-ad been holding to "a piece of timber, .suddenly sank without reappearing. Climie reached tne spot where Lawry went down. but although he duck-dived two or I hree lime-;, could :■< e no trace of '.. j.i. lieseue I. made rapid progress to- ■ yarbs the launch, which, with her engine oiil of action through shipping a sea whin she broached to. had dropped an anchor. This, forlauately. held m time to keep the boat from drifting into the surf. The he.-cue 1. cruised round for a short ;::ne at tie" snot where Lawry bad (h.-api- ari d 'am! then passed the kamcii in d want further out to sea m the hope of finding lite body. At pas stage Lei-cue if. the motor lifeboat ho'.ra'd al Scarborough, arrived ■, sin a crew o( three .members of ike institution and two local fishermen. She took, the Moana in tow to Ib'dchtis. Climic. who had ' reded the Is aeon to a belter \antage pomt. ■•..a la'-a-n olf by Ke.cue 1. ": he crew a! the Mi i;ma were ! ho]-, iimhly shaken bv their exoeri- . e -,.. Ynev ...id thai they had' let bin \~r i. C tishin-' net. which had be -a c aksd up on the slerns and b ; : m ab prcbabilitv the ebiect to •a men La.' rv a P ua ua-d io be chmp "g v. a ' lii" n, i. wlrdi would float If 'h he-sew-; '.vera housed m nor! la-aa. a o hough dilfu'lllty wa.expcrienei <l jp getting iles.cue 11. on io the slip owing' to the heavy swells entering the boat harbour. Heavy Sens at Taylor's Mistake .llessey. who was drowned at Taylor's Mistake, word there m company w;!h ins brother. John Albert ll'.asey. and a friend. Henry Francis Mills. They put on bathing costumes and went to Black Rock, on the eastern side of the bay. They were resting on this wellknown rock when two very heavy ; waves unexpectedly swept the rock and carried the one man into the ■vn'er. The ilea'.'.'.' -"-ea running, tone la-'- others 'o render any assistl.ance. L'esse'" saui; immediately out Md'sigm. %