BOATING FATALITY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15233, 21 February 1913, Page 4

BOATING FATALITY.

SURVIVOR'S DESPERATE STRUGGLE,

■ ■■' [fbom OUB • own co-respondent.] - c Signet, February 15.. A boating accident in which three men named Stanley Pennifold, Green,.; and Dagger lost their lives, occurred at Port Wake-; field, South Australia, a few; days ago. With another man named Louch they, were ! out fishing, when a sudden squall struck ! and capsized their sailing- _ boat, ..Efforts, to right the craft ■ proved fruitless, and ~ Green, who was: a strong swimmer, said to c his. companions, who were clinging to the up- ; turned 'boat: "You rtay. here while I swim to land for assistance" # He set -'off, and was soon , lost sight \of in the: rough ; sea. • The. land was more than a mile away, * and it is surmised thai; Green : had become so exhausted by his attempts . to' right, the" boat that his strength failed .Mm; ,■-*: Pennifold next essayed to swim ashore, and he. too,' was drowned. ' "* Louch and Dagger clung desperately to the boat, but the latter, ; who could not swim, w£is eventually washed off by the heavy seas, and his companion saw luiri ho mere. All through the long night Louch. held grimily on. .'", He became so numb that it was : with . great : difficulty that ■>> he was able to retain his hold. At last, at about three o'clock in the morning, : a wavo righted the boat, and Louch managed to clamber into it. When found six or seven nours later he was, up to his neck in water, clinging to the mast, '■[ and, almost unconscious after his terrible experience.. Green was a well-known and .highly-re-spected resident of Wakefield, where hi} had lived all his life. He leaves a wife and young daughter. Pennifold was a ticket clerk in the Raiivray Department, anil had not long been married., Dagger came out from England some time ago. : : :, :