A BOY'S STORY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 117, 10 February 1908, Page 6

A BOY'S STORY.

BOAT BLOWN- OUT TO. SEA. ; ; WAS IT A IIOAX? ,VShortly before 6 o'clock yesterday evening, •a lad named George Janseri ; informed the officials at ilount,, Cook police-station that, early in the afternoon, three men,, whoso names were unknown, obtained a boat at the Old; Pilot ■ Station for. tho pui-poso of going fishing, and that, owing to 1 the wind suddenly increasing greatly in violence, the' party was blown out to sea, the boat drifting in front of tho heavy northerly towards Uapo Camjibell. , ; ; . {~ . • Quite a . number of people were, it , was 'stated, in thoilocality at tho time, but with tho means at .thpir disposal wore unabio to rendor assistance, What'.ono would havo thought, someone ; would havo dope was :to telephone immediately/ to town, asking that steps be taken to pick up the boat, but that course does not seem to havo suggested it-' self to anyone. ~ -. , Upon the arrival of the message, word wasat once sent to Sub-Inspector O'Donovan, who proceeded post hasto to the wharf with the object of securing, tho services of a tug. Fortunately, steam' was still up, and tho crew had not left the s.s. Duco, which had not long'berthed after her last trip for tho , day to the Bay. Captain-Abrahams, who had gone home, was communicated with by telephone, the result being that at 6.45 tho Duco was on her way to look for tho party whioli was stated to bo missing. ■ 1 No sign of a drifting boat was seen by those on board tho Duco, which went three miles outside Pencarrow. :

Inquiries made at a late hour elicited tho fact that the story is believed, in official quarters to bo a hoax.