LAUNCH TRAGEDY
FURTHER WRECKAGE FOUND. FUNERAL SERVICE AT SEA. WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Little hope is now entertained for the safety of the four occupants of the fishing launch Santine, which became separated from other vessels of the fleet near Baring Head yesterday morning, and arrangements have been made for a sea funeral to the victims to-morrow afternoon. Although a persistent and diligent search has been conducted over a wide area, no trace of the men has been discovered. Further wreckage, apparently from the missing launch, has been recovered, and a 12ft. rowing boat,.-painted white with a green bottom,' was found at Fort Ballance to-day. /•v.-f ad The companions of the missing men in the fismng fleet believe that the launch is almost certain to have foundered,' and the Cook Strait Fishermen’s Association has made plans for the holding of a funeral service at sea tomorrow afternoon. A party will leave Island Bay at 2 o ’clock to-morrow, and will proceed to the neighbourhood of Baring Head, and the service will be held in the vicinity of wtjere the launch is believed to have foundered. -(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 27 September 1933, Page 5
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184LAUNCH TRAGEDY Wairarapa Daily Times, 27 September 1933, Page 5
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