LAUNCH FOUNDERS
CRASHES AGAINST BARGE. \ OCCUPANTS’ NARROW ESCAPE. (By Telegraph-—Press Association.! AUCKLAND, Monday. A large launch, the Wharekawa, foundered in the Rangitoto Channel last night while being towed from Kawau Island. The Wharekawa set out towing a barge, but owing to engine trouble another launch was despatched to tow both the Wharekawa and the barge. The Wharekawa broke away, and -when efforts were being made to recover it, it crashed against the barge and instantly sank.
Fortunately its two • occupants had previously clambered aboard the barge.
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Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19011, 31 July 1933, Page 8
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86LAUNCH FOUNDERS Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19011, 31 July 1933, Page 8
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