MAN DROWNED AT AUCKLAND
BOAT CAPSIZES IN HARBOUR COMPANIONS RESCUED AFTER THREE HOURS IN WATER (P.A.) AUCKLAND, September 18. After nearly three hours in the freezing water of Rangitoto channel, two of three well-known Auckland men whose small boat was swamped while they were fishing this afternoon were rescued in an exhausted condition. One of the men struggled ashore orf to Rangitoto Island, and the other was picked up by a Marine Department launch. The third man was swept away by the tide and has not been found. The missing man is:— Eric J» Roseman, married, defence purchase officer of the Army Department, of Mission Bay. William W. King, a solicitor, married, of Mount Eden, was picked up three-quarters of a mile off Rangitoto, exhausted and suffering from cramp. Walter Castaing, a land agent, married, of Mission Bay, was carried several miles by the current and managed to swim to McKenzie Bay, on Rangitoto. The launch took him aboard soon after he reached shore.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24984, 19 September 1946, Page 3
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