PILOT'S CLOSE CALL
LADDER CARRIES AWAY
INCIDENT AT AUCKLAND
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, This Day.
Through a rope ladder carrying away, Captain Hogan, of the Harbour Board pilot staff, nearly lost his life. Captain Hogan had piloted the Federal steamer Huntingdon into port and was coming ashore at Prince's Wharf by means, of the ladder. When this gave way he fell about 40ft from the level of the main deck of the ship, which being only half-laden was high out of the water. Captain Hogan fell into the sea between the wharf and the side of the vessel, where there was a space of no more than two feet. Fortunately, Captain Hogan did not strike the wharf, and was able to keep himself afloat with the aid of a lifebuoy thrown to him from the wharf. As the Huntingdon was swinging into her berth, threatening to crush him between her side and the piles, he was hastily towed by a rope from the wharf along to the bows of the ship, where he was picked up by a Harbour Board launch. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 23, 28 January 1936, Page 10
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