Four injured when boat hits island
PA Blenheim I Four Christchurch men, were injured, one seriously, when their boat ran into a! small island at Onahau Bay.! in Queen Charlotte Sound, about midnight on Saturday.] Denis King, of Worcester! Street, was admitted to Wai-i rau Hospital with chest and! head injuries. His condition last evening was described as critical. The three other occupants of the boat, Morris Walker, of Main South Road, Harold ■ Neil Hodges, of Kingsford 'Street. Burwood, and Patrick iGlassenbury. of Norwood [Street, Beckenham, were ad-
i mitted to Picton Hospital but [were later discharged after i; treatment for minor injuries . and shock. 1 After the accident, Mr King ■’was helped on to the island. ■a rocky outcrop, by the other [men, then Mr Hodges, [although suffering from cuts Ito the head, burns, and •'shock, swam to shore for 1 help. ’ The Picton police, a doctor, . and the Harbourmaster went ’ to Onahau Bay by launch. ; towed the capsized boat to j the beach, and took the four , men to Picton. 1 The bow of the launch was - badly damaged.
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