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NEARLY AN HOUR IN WATER FORTUNATE RESCUE EFFECTED. - (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, July 31. At 2.30 this morning a barge loaded with shingle capsized in the harbour opposite Devonport, and the only man on board, T. Daniels, struggled for his lite for three-quarters of an hour before being picked up by the merest chance. The barge carried 100 tons of shingle, which, following a squall, began to shift. Daniels was trying to fix the cargo when the barge began to sink. The shingle fell around him, and he lumped for it. On board the launch which had been towing the barge were the master, C. R. Lannan, and another man. They could see nothing of Daniels, and began to thiuk he had been drowned. At last they saw him clinging to a piece of wood. He had drifted 440 yards with the wind, and though tired was in good condition.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22020, 1 August 1933, Page 7
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