DINGHY CAPSIZES

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22594, 27 December 1938, Page 10

DINGHY CAPSIZES

MAN DROWNED NEAR AUCKLAND

COMPANION REACHES SHORE WITH DIFFICULTY

cvxasa association nnoai.it.) AUCKLAND, December 26. One man was drowned and another reached shore exhausted when their dinghy capsized in Islington Bay, Rangitoto Island, this morning. The victim was Arthur Wood, of Mount Eden, a married man, whose family is living in Australia. The other occupant of the dinghy was Benjamin Muller, of Ponsonby.

The two men had left the launch Comrade, in which they arrived at Islington Bay on Sunday evening, and which was anchored about 200 yards from the shore, to go ashore. They had reached a point about 100 yards from the beach, in shallow water, when the dinghy was overturned by a large wave, and both were thrown into the water. It is thought that Wood was struck on the head by the boat when it capsized, and that he was drowned while unconscious.

Muller, who was handicapped by an artificial leg, managed to swim to the shore in a state of almost complete exhaustion. Artificial respiration was applied for 20 minutes, and Muller recovered sufficiently to be removed to shelter. The body of Wood was later washed ashore, and artificial respiration was tried for three-quarters of an hour without effect.

TRAFFIC INSPECTOR KILLED

STRUCK BY LORRY WHILE ON DUTY

(7S.KS3 ASSOCIATION TJCLEGEAU.) ROTORUA, December 26. Fatal injuries were suffered by Thomas Arthur Allcock, aged 25, a married man, inspector for the Transport Department in the Rotorua district, when, about 8.30 p.m. on Saturday he was struck by a motor-truck while on duty on the Rotorua-Cam-bridge highway, about two miles from Rotorua.

Allcock had been patrolling the highway since about 7 p.m., and immediately before the accident had apparently stopped his car at the side of the ror.d to stop another car, which was approaching from the opposite direction. As he stepped to the centre of the road he was struck by a truck wiiicFt had been approaching from behind, and was driven by Frederick William McLean, a labourer, aged 56, of Oropi, in the Tauranga district. Allcock was picked up on the road in a seriously injured condition. A doctor, the police, and an ambulance were immediately called; but before the ambulance reached the hospital Allcock was dead. He had been stationed in Rotorua as the department’s inspector for a little less than two years, and was considered a very conscientious, capable, and tactful officer. He was held in the greatest esteem throughout the district. The funeral will take place at Wellington to-morrow.

PILOT INJURED

FALL TO DECK OF LAUNCH

(PBESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND. December 26. Falling on to the deck of the pilot launch Waitemata, when descending by a rope ladder from the deck of the cruise liner Orford, Captain W. G. Kelsey, third pilot to the Auckland Harbour Board, suffered injuries to the back in the early hours of Sunday morning.

With Captain Kelsey as pilot, the Orford left Queen’s wharf at midnight for Russell and Sydney. A confused sea was running in the outer limits of the channel when the Waitemata came alongside off Rangitoto reef to take off the pilot. Captain Kelsey was descending the ladder when he missed his footing, and fell heavily on to the deck of the launch. He was taken to his home at Devonport. His condition was not serious, but it is expected that he will be unable to return to duty for some time.

PILLION RIDER DIES OF INJURIES

MOTOR-CYCLIST STRIKES POST

(PBISS ASSOCIATION TEI.EGBAM.) WELLINGTON, December 26. One man died from injuries and another was severely injured when a motor-cycle struck a concrete fence post opposite St. Patrick’s College, Silverstream, at 6 p.m. on Saturday. The man killed was John Johnson McKay, aged 59, married, a painter, of 24 Bay street, Petone. The injured man was Arthur W. Evans, a painter, of 1 Te Puni street, Petone, fractured left arm, one finger of the left arm severed, concussion, and shock. McKay, was a pillion passenger on the motor-cycle ridden by Evans. He received supposed severe head injuries, and died in hospital at 8.30 p.m. Evans was reported to-night to be progressing favourably.

FATAL COLLISION

MOTOR-CYCLE AND TRAM

Alfred Rowland Howe, of 34 Colenso street, Sumner, died at the Christchurch Public Hospital yesterday at 1 p.m. He had been admitted to the hospital on Thursday, suffering from head injuries, which he received when a motor-cycle, which he was riding, collided with a tram on Ferry road, near the Heathcote bridge.