LAUNCH DISASTER
BODIES OF THREE VICTIMS RECOVERED. GALLANT EFFORTS AT RESCUE. (By Telegraph.—Pres* Association.—Copyright.) SYDNEY, 12th July. The bodies of three ot 'the seven victims of the launch disaster at Tweed Heads—the launch capsized, six men out of thirteen reaching 6hore—have been recovered. When the boat overturned the big waves running in. the channel washed the men, who were clinging numbed with the bitter cold, off the upturned boat. One, Buchanan, made eallant efforts to save another named Freeney; he became exhausted and was dashed against the rocks and eank. It is evident that sharks attacked some of the victims while attempting to Teach tho land. t
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 11, 13 July 1914, Page 7
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107LAUNCH DISASTER Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 11, 13 July 1914, Page 7
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