LAUNCH WRECKED AT WAITARA BEACH
. « FISHERMAN'S XARKOW ESCAPE , —— t "i (F&ESS ASSOCIATION TtlllWllit "-# NEW PLYMOUTH. ScptcriNrl*^ Two New Plymouth teJMWig| , Messrs A. E. Interman and J- ®9" win, narrowly escaped dearth wtoß**ij launch Sicily was wrecked <* jfi westerly gale on the Waitara lf*l early this morning. ..,/ Anxiety was felt when the Wg did not return to New Ply-moot* «E :i terday. The launch was headJHtg. port last night when, about f«r W toff Waitara. a particularly b **fi3»i jwas shipped, which swept ta*_Qi [ warks and all loose fittings a«f « tangled the anchor rope aboOl < propeller. .» While the rope was being «**J&I second sea was shipped. engine from its frame and tb £ rudder. __*i»to» The helpless craft was swep*JUu wards the shore and narrowly Wg*" destruction on the Waitara Then it was carried broadside *l*3| the breakers to the only saawtr-gS of beach nearbv and was bsa****™ 1.30 a.m. ,»t - • \
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22197, 14 September 1937, Page 14
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