BOAT CAPSIZES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 219, 9 June 1908, Page 9

BOAT CAPSIZES.

AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE. COIIUESrONDEKI). Auckland', Juno 8. , An exciting ~ boating; oxpprieiico befel Cap« tain W. lloss, of the schooner Ysabel, which 1 "returned to' Auckland oil, Saturday last after '■ ■ an" Island cruise. Captain lloss, two Native .women passen- -. ' ' 'gersj'and four.members of- ; tho crew of tho ivesscl:-put off, from; tho shore in the ship's •■largeiiboat.r-.Bcihg fully l -loaded .inith copra, • k -,th(rboat6was:psttjvdeon'in.tho waiter, and . v .on-e-'bf the . women standing l up, to wavo an ' •<•••'. "■'■'■■j ■fydieui.to friends'- ou'Jslioro the Boat capsksscd; ' ' • '■ throwing., tho,occupants,into tho water. Tho- ' ■TicCidqiit- was seen from tho. Ysabel, which ' was-anchored-about, a inilo distant, but there : . was not a small,, boat, left Qn tho \essel, so •that.,the party in tho water', who wero cling:ang ;to a the: up-turned boat, were left practically to ;tlieir ; .ow:ii ; resources.- v . Captain Ross '.succeeded 1 : in divcstift'g hinv ; v «« self-of his boots,.and-with'on© of tho natnes belonging to "the-crew', struck. ,oht for the schooner.', The.,water. .was not. rough, but ■•' .there was a strong current, , and'.they made little headway.; Eventually a coil oi.Manila:. J ' ; ' rope dropped over from the; schooner, and!" ' allowed to drift down Jon tho current readied - /them;; and by this means' they wore hauled ,oi), board the schooner. - • - ..... ■ ~ i Ono,.pf/tho natives subsequently carried .tjiis.'-roiio, ;to ,tho party 1 remaining on tho v •• -f boatj-and. both tho boat and-occupants, who / |,had ,been.ill, the water for two hours, were ... ■ ■ rpsc.ued,. but;, the, cargo: 0f,.-copra,.' which wai " • i iujurcd,-wrfs; lost. The party were much es - • hausted when .rescued, but soon revived