NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.
, EXCITING EXPERIENCE BY ■>■- ■ : : HOYS; ~y;\ yv_ ■ [United Pbess AssocuxioN.] •.-■■ '. Tuesday.Word has bqen received from Mara- . kapa of the-narrow escape from drowning of eight lads, named John. Scott, Gibson, Granville, Williams, "August/ Lane, Boyne, and "Harper:*". They had procured a fiat-bottomed .boat, 'and - went across the bar fishing. A wave capsized the boat, and the occupant I were all thrown the r -water. Boyne and Gibson were tho first to reach: thjS :- shore. Scott and "Williams ■ "(a Maori) ". clung to. the boat, tEei- -keUick being fouled. ■ Williams dived and cut the .' painter, and then-the boat started to drift to sea... The' bb/s 'then got ashorelas best they coifldV-Sooti saw a large-shark and called out to Williams, who said "I have a sheath knife, I'll settle him." The lads speak in high terms of the manner in which . Williams -behaved. . B<jyne,; alxrat ex- -.••-" h'austed, was. fet sinking"': -wjien 'he '•■ grasped ; »n ' oar thrown, to ; hfjm:' .-.- ffiji • per (a. son of the diver, lost ' hjs life in recovemg^He.Elinganut«Vtrea- ? sure), was .also nearly ;iirowned, being ~ caught m. r a^^back.yash;'-;A: : girliianieo. Rose M'Grath: gave gwat" help 'in rescmng the'boya.-*: 7^ -':;"'":■ : - .
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 11 February 1908, Page 2
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189NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 11 February 1908, Page 2
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