FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.
THREE LIVES LOST. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, August 2. A boat belonging to the mission steamer Southern Cross capsized in the harbor to-night. The chief engineer (Mr. R. Rac), the chief steward (Mr. T. Meal a nd), and a native boy named Jimmy were drowned. Four others had a narrow escape, being in the water for some time before they were rescued by a ferry steamer.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2570, 3 August 1909, Page 4
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69FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2570, 3 August 1909, Page 4
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