An lip-River Incident.

Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10456, 3 November 1904, Page 2

An lip-River Incident.

(By our own correspondent-)

Two gentlemen of Turua who arc always on tho look out. fur «om,ething with a spico of novelty in it, planned a trip in their flat-bottomed boat to the iba.r nit the mouth of tho Thames rivier for a -cargo- of shell*. They repaired to their craft, and bofaro long- "The sails were all set and tho oars goingl merrily." They reached a poirft opposite the Turua, mill without mishap, when: >:aidden!ly—>ba<n,»;— their ccntro-board struck a rock (or rather a iaud ■bank), "'which was not lwarked down on, their chart," a.nd before you could say John, Ro'biii.Kon flic boat had turned turtle an.l the be- m.pa.nts wtejrto istrug.glhig: in the water, which (as I afterwards learned from, one of them, who was relating with, mwh gusto their exciting experience) was knee deep- They stuck ftb It'hiei'V 1 <^raft manftnlily, however, and after iswmo little delay »v weeded in righting tho Woat, and, proceeding on; thoir way, reached thoir destination without further mishap. Tho _ shells were loaded, nohio four sa'As t all told, and the L'allanl crew start od on llic:V homeward jnuiiiey- They had proceeded an far as Kopii' when it gradually dawned atpon (hem Unit their little ctraft was overtaxed- Accordingly 'two of tho wicks were consignedl to a watery gram Henoe they had a very exciting experience, but suffice it to ,say that they eventually reached home with; half a, s;iiil, half a cia.ngo, and half a, mind to .sink their craft in the mighty depths of the Thames! rivor-