LAUNCH ADRIFT IN GALE.
OWNER REACHES^MAINLAND. ; [BY v TELEGRAPH. —OWN v CORRESPONDENT.] - ' TAURANGA. Thursday. The • owner of the launch Hilda, which . was ; picked', up at sea and towed ,■ to i , Whakatane, Mr.'. C. Knudsen, arrived here from Motifci ; Island ; this - afternoon. ?}:* He states that) the: Hilda -was>anchored with j two anchors on the ; wsst side of Motiti -, Island on ;Saturday, May > 17. During » ~ raging storm ' she drifted away. ' Mr. Knudsen was ashore and could not launch •; a boat owing to : the ;• heavy breakers, and; • ho dinghy could live iin ;> such: a sea. Mr. s Knudsen - thought the .Hilda could not . keep afloat in the storm, and ; was j;6W;||g 'prised when yho j heard 7of . her : recovery. He J had ; since v-.bcen compelled j? by stress of weather, to stay', at Motiti. He 'is now •. making arrangements to bring tho Hilda back to Tauranga*. \ H
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18722, 30 May 1924, Page 6
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144LAUNCH ADRIFT IN GALE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18722, 30 May 1924, Page 6
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