LAUNCH TRAGEDY
Lifebelt Washed Ashore (N.ZJP.A.) WELLINGTON. Jan. 16. A lifebelt belonging to the launch Warrigal. which foundered off Cape Terawhiti on Tuesday afternoon with the loss of at least two. probably three, lives, was washed ashore at Houghton Bay this morning, where it was found bv a Wellington College bov. E. W. R. Haldane was last seen in the water wearing a lifebelt by T. G. Taylor, the survivor, w'ho was rescued later that night by the Matangi after he had been clinging to the dinghy for some hours, but whether the lifebelt which was found was the one worn by Haldane has not yet been established. A close watch is being kept on the beach in the neighbourhood for any sign of a body.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22792, 17 January 1944, Page 4
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126LAUNCH TRAGEDY Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22792, 17 January 1944, Page 4
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