HARBOUR COLLISION
LAUNCHRUN DOWN A .PLUCKY RESCUE. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright SYDNEY, February 10. The ferry steamer Lady Rawnon, while conveying a party of moonlight excursionists, cut, dpwn.and sank a motor-launch off Dawes Point. Fivu men were precipitated into tho water. Lifebuoys were thrown to them, and four wore rescued. One drifted away. An exciting rescue followed. Two young men, in spite of tfio risk of sharks, divested themselves of their clothing and swam to his assistance. They succeeded in keeping the man afloat until ho was picked up.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8653, 11 February 1914, Page 7
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89HARBOUR COLLISION New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8653, 11 February 1914, Page 7
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