ISLAND BAY LAUNCH TRAGEDY
SEARCH FOR TIIE BODIES. What appearer! to be the body of one of the men drowned nt Island Bay ns the result of Tiu-:rlny’; motor-boat fa tality was reportd to have been seen yestordaj' by a local resident, who avers that the object sighte:! was swept towards some" rocks .nn.l tlen enveloped in a. wave which carried it out to sea again. It was then lost sight 01. So far, however,, all that has been recovered is an old''singlet, which was discovered on the beach yesterday morning. The tide will be high at noon to-day, and tho search party intend to scour the coast in boats until the tide goes down.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 96, 18 January 1924, Page 8
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115ISLAND BAY LAUNCH TRAGEDY Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 96, 18 January 1924, Page 8
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