BLOWN OUT TO SEA.
'missing men turn up safely. ; information conveyed to tho police oil Sunday , to the effect that three men had been blown out to sea ,ih,.a. small boat from Island Bay during the .gale,. and. which' was doubted at tlio' time,.'turned out,to bb.correct, tho party .turning up. safely at. 6 o'clock yesterday morning, wlion, they arrived in town from Baring, Hciid..'., It appears :,that three Joseph Lai-sen, Charles Booth, and another,, secured a.. 16ft. boat frpni.Mr. Charles 'Janseri,' of Island Bay, soonjafter mid-day,- and, set . out'- seaward aftor being warned .not to go past tho reef, as . a heavy n'orth-westorly 'Was blowing.. Tho moil anchored; the boat at about 1.30, and about two and a half hourj . later; it'was noticed that tho littlo craft, had. disappeared. The. anchor rope had parted, arid' the boat was driven to sea. Tlio position of the men became serious when 0110 of tho'oars broko and left them at tho mercy of the. elements. A fortunate chango in the wind, which veered round to tho, south-west, drove tho Boat ashore : near Baring Head, whence tlio men made their way to. town. ' ,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 118, 11 February 1908, Page 8
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189BLOWN OUT TO SEA. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 118, 11 February 1908, Page 8
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