FISHING LAUNCH FOUNDERS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11521, 25 April 1918, Page 4

FISHING LAUNCH FOUNDERS.

IN WANGANUI ROADSTEAD. • J THREE hm [DROWNED, (Per Press Association.); „ Wanganui, April 2-1. * ears are entertained for ’the satety of the fishing launch Monarch, which .left here yesterday afternoon on fishing expedition with a crew of three aboard including Begley (master,) O. Lewis (retired farmer,) and a third man whose name is A gale sprang up at midnight and the news has just been heard that fclie foremast of the launch has been found at the breakwater. There is no further trace ot wreckage. mi -ii Later. . -*-h® oil launch Monarch foundered in the roadtoad this morning with the result that three men were drowned The names of two of the men ara Patrick Begley and Oswald Lewis. The identity of the third man has not yet been [established. The lannc.i left the river on Tuesday afternoon on a fishing trip, and during the night the weather became boisterous, and early this morning the launch was noticed making for port. A heavy sea was running' at the time'jmd. when [near the breakwater the launch was seen to suddenly tilt its bow in the air and disappear. Unfortunately the 'persons who saw -the launch in difficulties did not report the matter at the time, with the result that the harbour officials were unaware of the accident until later in the day, when the mast and a portion of the launch fittings were washed ashore. The police are making a search of the south beach for the bodies.