BIG LAUNCH SINKS
Auckland Harbour Mishap By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, July 31. The large launch Wharekawa foundered in Rangitoto Channel last night while being towed from Kawau Island. The Wharekawa set out towing a barge, but owing to engine trouble another launch was dispatched to tow both the Wharekawa and the barge. The Wharekawa broke away, and when efforts -ere being made to recover the launch she crashed against the barge and instantly sank. Fortunately the two occupants had previously clambered aboard the barge.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 262, 1 August 1933, Page 4
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