EXCITING EXPERIENCE IN AN OIL LAUNCH
NEW PLYMOUTH, January 9. The occupants of a privately-owned oil launch had an exciting experience on Suaday. They left the-breakwater on a fish-' ing cruise, but when off town the engine broke down, and the launch, drifted, an, attempt- to anchor her fairing. By means of a bucket, utilised as a sea anchor, a dangerous reef was cleared, but "the sea was too rough to permit landing without oars. All the afternoon the vessel drifted and about five o'clock she was driven ashore on.a sandy beach near the Waiwakaiho. Eiver. Two of the occupants, Avery and Humphries," narrowly escaped drowning, being rescued with some difficulty. The launch, badly'' damaged, lies on the reef, and will probably break up.
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Evening Star, Issue 12396, 9 January 1905, Page 6
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124EXCITING EXPERIENCE IN AN OIL LAUNCH Evening Star, Issue 12396, 9 January 1905, Page 6
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