BOAT CAPSIZES
TWO MEN HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
(United Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, This Day. A. Simpson and J. Boyd had a narrow escape from drowning in the Tamaki River, off Point England, when their boat capsized and sank. B. Bond and D. Ireland, who were fishing half a mile away rowed hard to the rescue of the exhausted men, the former jumping in fully clothed and dragging both to the rescuers' boat. First aid had to be rendered when they were hauled aboard: .
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 5 January 1927, Page 4
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