A PERILOUS EXPERIENCE.
WELLINGTON, August 16. The Mam© Department has received a Teport of a narrow escape from drowning of the captain, second maito and three seamen of the barque Belotas, in Guards Bay, on Wednesday last. The vessel, which is bound from Cdarenoa riyer to WtPington, put in at Guards Bay on Mianday for shelter. On Wednesday Captain Cozens, the second mat© and threo sailors put off for tho shore ii a Kfeboat to obtain provisions. A squall capsized the boat, but a\l the men managed to scramble on tk> tho bottom, and remained there until s!h& drifted ashore at Forsyth' Island. Th© party stayed on the rocks" ali night, and on the. following day were taken back to the vessel. The oaiptaiin was much knocked about, and one of tihe men is lard v - up. Mtdlical: assistance and food have been : ~4ent from Picton.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9417, 16 August 1907, Page 7
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146A PERILOUS EXPERIENCE. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9417, 16 August 1907, Page 7
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