FISHING BOAT'S ESCAPE.
A TRYING EXPERIENCE.
[BY TELEGRAPH- —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. Tuesday.
Duncan Mclnnes, who was in charge of the boat which drifted from Lyall Bay on Saturday night and finally came ashore in Palliser Bay on Sunday afternoon, oxplnins that the trouble arose through one of the oars and a rowlock breaking almost simultaneously. The boat was caught by a flowing tide and carried west to Terawhiti, wliens tie occupanta had an anxious time in the "rip." later, when the tide turned, they were again swept through the Etrait to tho eastward, and managed to reach the land just 24 hours after they started from LyaLl Bay on a fishing expedition.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18022, 22 February 1922, Page 6
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