A CHANNEL CAPSIZE.
LONDON, October 4. Mr Percy Hunter, Director of the New Soirth Wales Intelligence Bureau, had a sensational experience yesterday. A sailing boat; in which he and others were taking a run across to the Isle of Wight capsized during a strong blow, and sank! The occupants had a desperate struggle for their lives, and it was a full hour before they were rescued by a boat that put off irom a warship. During the whole of that time Mr Hunter courageously supported a companion, who had become exhausted.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1259, 13 October 1911, Page 6
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91A CHANNEL CAPSIZE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1259, 13 October 1911, Page 6
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