A MISSING LAUNCH.
GRAVE I’EARS FOR OCCUPANTS. Tauranga, Oct. 1. Grave anxiety is felt for the safety of three residents, Evans, Morgan and Dickson, who left here at 3 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon in a launch to go fishing. T hey only had a loaf of bread and a pound of butter, and no word has been heard since. To-day fisherman saw a boat on the beach at Alatakana Island, near the Katikati entrance and a dinghy on the beach about half a mile away. There was no sign of the men. The fishermen were unable to get on to the beach owing to the breakers. A party has now gone to- the island to reach the stranded boat overland. It is expected to return to-night-Wednesday night was very dirty, with heavy rain and wind, and the party left the harbour w/hen other boats were returning for shelter THE A£EN SAFETauranga, Oct. 13. The three men reported, missing are sate. One returned this morning from Alatakana Island, and reported that at about six o'clock on Wednesday night the sea came aboard and swept the ropes overboard, one fouling the piopeilor. This was got clear, "out in the meantime the launch had filled and the engine would not go. The boat went ashore in about six feet of water and die mon got to land safely.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 256, 13 October 1923, Page 3
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