DINGHY CAPSIZES
MAORI'S CLOSE CALL TIMELY ARRIVAL OF LAUNCH RESCUE OFF TARANAKI COAST [by TELEGRAPH —OWN correspondent] NEW PLYMOUTH, Sunday . When a dinghy • capsized some distance oil the coast near Waitara this morning, the occupant, Mr. Tom Heath, a Maori, had a narrow escape f from drowning. Only the timely arrival of a fishing launch saved his life. Mr. "Heath had set off about 6.30 a.m. for a day's fishing. Later in the morning advice was received by Captain Wood, the Waitara Harbour Board's pilot, that a dinghy had been seen capsized and that a man was clinging to it. Captain Wood communicated with Captain Lang, a retired master mariner, who owns a fishing launch, and no time was lost in getting under way with Constable Lemm and two other men, whose assistance he had obtained. Because of the proximity of the capsized dinghy to a reef and broken water, the rescue was difficult, but after careful navigation Captain Lang reached the dinghy, which was then about 300 yds. off the shore. Mr. Heath was pulled into the launch in a semi-conscious condition. Owing to his state, no attempt was made to salvage the dinghy. *
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19390717.2.56
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23400, 17 July 1939, Page 10
Word Count
195DINGHY CAPSIZES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23400, 17 July 1939, Page 10
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.