DISTRESSING MOTOR LAUNCH ACCIDENT.
APSIZE OX THE GREY BAR
THREE MEN I)R(\XEI),
[United Press Association.]
CiIiEYMOITII. Monday. A distressing banting t':i tml it v oi: "iiiTi'd last night, whereby tlin'c singh men —William Wintorbnrn (former:, of Cliristcluireli). John Carley (o llokitika). and .1 <>li 11 De Bakln r, ol Ross—were drowned.
The deceased were cro-sing tht 'ir: j y bar in a motor launch, and. be coming alarmed at the high roilei? l unied round to make port. In dom; io one roller caught the vessel by lie stern, and -placed her broadside on li l he next breaker, which swamped tin launch, eaushw it to sink immediate,''
One man disappeared in an instan l whilst the others clung to an oar. Om shortly after lot go. but the othei clung to it and drifted to sea. who: 1 he was seen for nearly three-quai'tei' if an hour; but no assistanc could hi rendered. The lug took two hours t' r et up steam, and went out then, bin "ould find no trace of the man. whr evidently had been drowned. Vhp motor launch has been waslie 1 ■ip on the beach, but there are tr •titjn of the bodies.
A heavy northerly sralp was blowing long the coast to-day.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 14 March 1910, Page 6
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