BOATING FATALITY

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 61, 14 March 1927, Page 10

BOATING FATALITY

HOLE KNOCKED IN 'Sm&BtfU

(By Teleiraph.) ■; (Special to "The Evening Pt»t."j ;%; AUCKLAND, This Day^. . A boating fatality occurred at ;&Ef ' Mary's Bay, Ponsonby, yesterday.aftej&j: noon. . The victim was Arthur Frederick-' Gungall (54), of Ponsonby, GungaH set out at 11 o'clock in a "dinghy ■flrith 1*: another man named G. T. Chambers^! "■ and when they were half a mile iroihv the beach the anchor was dropped. i*fj:[j; ter fishing for a time, Gungall lamJiTd a particularly large snapper. The '$«£:;' was not dead, and in striking «rt Mi with a heavy board Gungall dam^gdctS the side of the boat, causing a neiione^H leak. The water poured in rapidly, taid the small craft swamped and saafc. The two men commenced to swim'tq^ the shore, but a strong tide was r^ji&y ning, and they were quickly caiMfTdraway .from the beach. Gungall wifjinr*; for a-short distance, and Oiamß^i?: then supported him and called for Jws£; sistance. The cries were heard by-Jf." K. Butterworth, who immedia^R* launched a dinghy and rowed ;oufe-:ft>: render assistance. . ."■ ' -..,.! Chambers was rescued, but Ctmtgjgfj ■ was in a state of collapse, and eolKl not be lifted into the dinghy, -bi*<i;jp was kept from sinking, and with; dwf. culty brought ashore neaf the wislS^n: wharf. Artificial respiration was etfrried out without success by a doctor; • Gungall leaves a widow and two sons-.