MAN THROWN OUT OF SPEED BOAT IN HARBOUR AND DROWNED
Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, January 29. As the result of being thrown out of the speed boat Mystery, Charles Walter Sell, aged twenty-five, lost his life in the upper harbour on Monday night. The deceased was a married man with one child. At an inquest held this afternoon evidence was given that the boat was being tried out in preparation for races. It had been- travelling at forty-five miles an hour and its speed had been reduced to between sixteen and twenty miles an hour to turn a buoy, when it “ side-stepped ” and Sell and the other occupant of the boat, George Tuckey, were thrown out! Neither was wearing a lifebelt. The boat righted itself and travelled in circles round the spot. Tuckey was wearing his overcoat, and while he was ridding himself of his clothing Sell, who had been treading water, disappeared. Tuckey swam towards the shore and was picked up by a skiff. Sell’s body was found some hours later.
The Coroner, in returning a verdict of accidental drowning, stated that it should be compulsory fpr men indulging in this risky sport to wear lifebelts.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18673, 30 January 1929, Page 14
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197MAN THROWN OUT OF SPEED BOAT IN HARBOUR AND DROWNED Star (Christchurch), Issue 18673, 30 January 1929, Page 14
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