MISSING FISHERMAN.
LANDS NEAR OPCTSKI. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. BUFFETED FOR FIVE DAYS. (By TelegTapP —T’"'" 'sp"riat!<vO GISBORNE, Monday. Buffeted by strong winds in the Bay of Plenty for five days, during four of which he had- no food or water, Andrew Anderson, who had been missing from Waihi beach since Wednesday morning, landed near Opotiki yesterday afternoon. On one occasion he reached Mayor Island, but in an endeavour to return to Waihi beach his open 16ft. boat with an outboard motor was blown towards Tauranga, then to White Island. Whale Island, and eventually Opotiki. Anderson, who is a fisherman, experienced a particularly arduous time. The boat was swamped four times. On each occasion he found it necessary to jump overboard and bail out the water. The sea' was particularly rough. , The engine failing, he rigged up a sail from a sack, but the wind blew him out to sea. On Friday evening he reached White Island, but the sea was too rough to permit him landing.
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Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18160, 27 October 1930, Page 7
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166MISSING FISHERMAN. Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18160, 27 October 1930, Page 7
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