Another Mishap
LAUNCH WRECKED ON MOLE TWO MEN HAVE TERRIFIC STRUGGLE FOR SAFETY Per Press Association. WANGANUI, July 20. A further mishap occurred at the por late this afternoon when the forty-foot fishing launch Galileo was wrecked on the end of the north mole, the two occupants, Arthur Cameron, aged 43, and Rex Wadsworth, aged 21, reaching the safety of the rocks after a terrific struggle in the racing ebbtide. The boat was returning to port with a cargo of dunnage salvaged from the vicinity of the stranded Port Bowen and had just rounded tho north mole when tho eugine stopped. The small eraft was whirled round on the crest ot a large wave and smashed with terrific force on the rocks. The men jumped clear and the launch bumped round the end of the mole and was washed up on the Castlecliff beach.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 170, 21 July 1939, Page 7
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144Another Mishap Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 170, 21 July 1939, Page 7
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