Two Bluejackets Drowned
(Per United Press Association.)
Wellington, Aug 29,
Seven seamen of 11. M.S. Archer were coming ashore in a sailing boat at seven o'clock this morning to take off last night's liberty men. A still' northerly wind was blowing, and, when within rifty yards of the shore, the boat capsized, tilled and sank. Tbe men were twenty minutes in the water before help arrived from tho warship, and then two were missing — T, Niblett and Fred. Simkins. Two others were unconscious, being restored by artificial means. The men were taken back to the ship.
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Southland Times, Issue 15033, 30 August 1901, Page 2
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