A CCIDENT IN THE HARBOUR.
At about a quarter past 7 o'clock an accident occurred in the harbour, resulting in the upsetting of a boat containing two lads, named Charles Darling and Edward MeGirney. The lads were sailing about the harbour when suddenly at the time named the boat was observed by Constable Foreman and others on the wharf to capsize in the vicinity of the steamer Anne Milbank, which ie anchored to the west of the Queenstreet Wharf. The accident was observed by Mr. Alfred Durham, mate of the Anne Milbank, who promptly put off in a boat and rescued the lads, who were then swimming about. The prompt assistance rendered in all probability averted fatal consequences. Constable Foreman and Waterman Williams put off from the wharf to the rescue as soon as they saw the accident, but on their arrival on the scene they found that the boys had been saved by Mr. Durham. The cause of the acoident is a very frequent one. The boys had made fast the sheet of their sail, and a puff of wind upset their boat before they had time to slack the sheet. However, they appeared te be none the worse for their involuntary sea bath.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6297, 23 January 1882, Page 5
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205A CCIDENT IN THE HARBOUR. New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6297, 23 January 1882, Page 5
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