FISHERMEN RESCUED
LIFEBOAT CREW’S FIGHT WITH FIERCE STORM. By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, May 17. The lifeboat crew at Sumner had to brave one of the roughest seas and heaviest southerly storms ever seen on the coast to-night, when they went to the rescue of the crews of two fishing boats which were in danger. The two boats left the estuary this morning to fish at Port Levy and they were returning this evening when they were caught in the storm. They ran for shelter in Lyttelton Harbour, but the sudden change of the wind to the south-west compelled them to seek insecure shelter under the Heads. The lighthouse keeper warned the life boat at Sumner and tne boat went out. After the fiercest fight with the very bad sea they reached the boats, which were anchored. They brought off the four men on board, but left the boats. If the wind stays in its present quarter of juth-wesfc, the boats may ride out the storm, but if it changes to south-east as it seems possible, the boats may never be seen again. The four men rescued were: H. Parker, J. Williams, J. Jull, and E. Ellison.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19802, 18 May 1934, Page 8
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196FISHERMEN RESCUED Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19802, 18 May 1934, Page 8
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