CAPSIZED BOAT
DOUBLE DR OWNING FEAR ED
(Per Pre sß Association, Copyright)
AUCKLAND, May 1
'A. double drowning is feared, following on the finding of an open sailing bo.ifc Vixen, upside down near Whangaparaoa Peninsula, yesterday. Two men who last used the boat are missing. They arc W. Bilton, retired, married, of Mahurangi Heads; and W. Warren, single, of Whangaparaoa. Biiton owned the boat. The Vixen, with the two men, left Mahurangi Heads on Tuesday of last week, and had not been seen since. The 'weather at the time of departure was boisterous and squally. When the boat was found yesterday, the sails were tangled with fishing gear, and the mast was broken.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1934, Page 2
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