BOATING FATALITY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1315, 19 December 1911, Page 4

BOATING FATALITY.

ONE MAX DEO W.NED. '.Sr Tclccranh-l'ross Association.) Auckland, December IS. Gerald Byrne, a locomotive fireman, aged twenty-four years, was drowned in hi. bcorges Bay yesterday nftcruoou through Ilio swam ping of a dingbv ' Deceased's brother William, twenty •m C!u ' s "I, nge, !U1(I lwo o,llCl ' 'non mimed Harry Golder mid Michael Lanigan wci" rescued, though -Byrne was in an exhausted condition, and bad to bo taken to the. hospital. They wore all residents m Poiisonby. The man wlio was drowned had been living with his parents, 6t whom lie was the main support. The men comprised the erew of the yacht Cora, which had just returned lrom a crniso in tlio Gulf, and had anchored 150 yds. from shore At 3 n clock they started to row ashore in a dmghy. A gale was blowing from (he north-west, hiuV them was a hcivv choppy seo. Tlin bout was swamped and iilmost immediately capsized, with (lie men beneath. They succeeded in extricating themselves, but the tide commcuced to sweep them down the harbour Ilio accident was observed from the shore, and several men went •to the rescue in dinghies. Gerald Uyrne, who alone was iniablo to swim, was held by his brother until assistance reached them. The four men were hen picked up and taken ashore Ihe elder Uynio was found (o lie dead. IJis brother had collapsed, mid was anparently m a serious condition. Ihe other members of the crew ha,} not sullered any serious injury. William Uyrno recovered under treatment, and is reported to be out of danger,