Fishermen rescued
I (From Our Own Reporter) ; 1 GREYMOUTH, April 22. i ' The two crew members of ithe Bluff fishing boat Miss ‘Tracy were rescued only a 'short time before the vessel I sank in 200 fathoms of water I about 40 miles off Grey'rnouth yesterday moming. Mr V. Murdoch, the skipiper of the Miss Tracy, woke at 5.30 a.m. to find water jonly inches below the bunks. He and his partner, Mr S. McDowell, began baling, but .realising it was hopeless,! [fired a distress flare. I This was seen by Mr W.i Blair on the Auckland-based! iboat Quest, and he camel i alongside by 6.30 a.m. The! !deck of the Miss Tracy wasawash when the two' men.: were taken aboard the: Quest. The cause of the sinking is' .not known. 1
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33516, 23 April 1974, Page 14
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