CAR FALLS INTO HARBOR
RUNS OFF WIJARF FOUR OCCUPANTS RESCUED (Per Press Association.)' AUCIvLAND, last .night. A motor car fell into the, harbor, about 1 o'clock this morning and the ■ occupants, two men and two women,, had a narrow escape from serious injury. The motor car nearly fell on, a latinch which was moored at the. wharf,; thp vehicle striking the stern of the launch a slanting blow as it fell into the water. The occupants of the car got clear as it sank and they clung, to a rope hanging to the wharf. Their cries for assistance were heard by Mr.- and- Mrs. A. J, .Neven,. who live on-the-launch Waiomo, anchored near. On hearing the cries, Mr. and Mrs. Neveh immediately got . into the Wriiomo's dinghy and rowed to where the distressed- cries were coming from. They helped the four, people into the dinghy and took them to.'the.-wharf steps. .The rescued pe6ple their obtained a taxicab and left for their homes.
The identity of the. people is not yet known. The car is still at the bottom of the harbor and will probably be recovered by a diver' and the. Harbor Board's transport punt to-morrow morning. ■" '. , ' '. ■,'"■'■
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18582, 17 December 1934, Page 8
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