CARS FALLS INTO HARBOUR
OCCUPANTS RESCUED BY DINGHY (Per United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, December 16. A motor car fell into the harbour about 1 o’clock this morning, and the occupants, two men'and two women, had a narrow escape from serious injury. The car nearly fell on a launch which was moored at the wharf, the vehicle striking the stern of the launch a slanting blow as it fell into the water. ' . The occupants of the car got clear as it sank, and they then dung to a rope hanging from the wharf. Their .cries for assistance were heard by Mr and Mrs A. J. Niven, who live on the launch Waiomo, which was anchored near at. hand. On hearing the cries Mr and Mrs Niven immediately got into the Waiomo's dinghy and rowed to where the distressed cries were coming from. They helped the four people into the dinghy and took them to the wharf steps. The rescued people then obtained a taxi cab and left for their homes. The identity of the four persons is not yet known. The car is still at the bottom of the harbour, and will probably be recovered by a diver and the Harbour Board’s transport punt to-morrow morning.
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Evening Star, Issue 21905, 17 December 1934, Page 18
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