LAUNCH FATALITY.
MASTER WASHED OVERBOARD. [BI TELTSGBAPH*— 2BBSS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, Thk Day. A young man named Andrew H. Russell, accompanied by a man named Walsh, conveyed some pasaengera in a launch from Tauzanga to Opotdki. Returning, they encountered stormy weather. Ono wave broke over the launch and washed ' RußseH overboard, and the inrush of water stopped ihe engine. Walsh wae unable to render assistance, and Russell was drowned. Tho launch drifted five miles, and ultimately Walsh, got ashore safely. RusseAl had a master mariner'e certificate, *nd had \been in, charge of the launch a considerable lime.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 112, 13 May 1911, Page 5
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96LAUNCH FATALITY. Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 112, 13 May 1911, Page 5
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