THE HANDY MAN.
DISASTER AVERTED BY COOLHEADED TARS. A disaster was narrowly averted at Dover on Juno 2 in connection with a treat given to 600 schoolgirls in the battleship Albion. The children were being taken out to the battleship in boats in a rather heavy sea. A steam pinnace towing two whaleboats, each containing about eighty 'girls, was- rounding the Prince of Wales Pier when the Government tug Adder unexpectedly came round the opposite side of the pier, bearing right down on them. There was great excitement, as a disaster seemed certain, hut the naval men in charge quickly cut the second boat adrift, and the tug passed between the two crowded boatloads. The boat drifted towards the Admiralty Pier until it was picked up and got safely in tow again.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2562, 24 July 1909, Page 4 (Supplement)
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132THE HANDY MAN. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2562, 24 July 1909, Page 4 (Supplement)
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