A SCOW SINKS IN AUCKLAND HARBOUR.
A SEAMAN DROWNED
(Per Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, July 2
The scow Flora filled and sank off the railway-wharf early this morning. The captain and two men took to the rigging, while a man known as "Scotty" started to swim ashore for assistance. "Scotty"' has not been seen nor heard of since, and it is feared he has been drowned. The captain and the other two men were rescued.
Tha name of the man "Scotty,'' who is thought to have been drowned in connection with the capsize of the scow Flora is Frederick Clark.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12257, 3 July 1909, Page 5
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99A SCOW SINKS IN AUCKLAND HARBOUR. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12257, 3 July 1909, Page 5
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