A BURNING MOTOR BOAT.
A FISHERMAN’S MISADVENTURE
[Per Press Association.]
TIMARU, April 14
A fisherman named Gunderson went out in ii motor boat at 4 a.m. to-day alone. A mile past the outer mole •something went wrong with the benzine. An explosion occurred,' and the boat was set afire. He threw water uselessly on the flames. The boat’s sides began to burn, and Gunderson was driven to the bow. At the last point, when he was just about to jump and swim ashore, another motor boat rescued him. The burning boat was taken in tow, but sank before the shore was reached. Gunderson was badly burned about the hands and arms.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2476, 15 April 1909, Page 5
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111A BURNING MOTOR BOAT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2476, 15 April 1909, Page 5
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