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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 147, 16 March 1908, Page 4

■iTbo yacht • Ventura, owned in Andorson's Bay, came, to grief ,whon . boating down against tho heavy north-east-breeze blowing last Saturday afternoon, capsizing well out in tho open water off Turnbiill's in the Upper Harbour, ; says the' "Otago Daily Timos," Being unballasted, tho yacht fortuniitoly did not sink,'and tho erow, which consisted of five moil, named. .. Alexander Weir, James Marshal); Clarence Bell,. John Low, and Edward Scott, wore ablo to;cling to the submerged hull till roscued from their very dangorous predicament some fifteen minutes later, Mr. Dawson's oil launch, which was cruisiug_ in tho Victoria Channel, crossing tho training-wall and inaking a timely arrival on tho sceno. Valuabld aid.in the work of rescue wiis also, lent ' by : a yachtsman's dingey. Tho Ventiira was successfully _ brought aslioro about 8 o'clock ill tho evening, when tho tide and wind wero favourable.