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SWEPT OUT TO SEA. TWO MEN IN ROWING BOAT. Dredge Seaman Drowned.
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 5 April 1927, page 17
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 5 April 1927, page 17
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| 2008-10-10 09:03:32.0 | user:public:nellibell49 | dav afternoon Charles Butt, a single man Duncan Dees suffered so severclv from im | day afternoon Charles Butt, a single man Duncan Dees suffered so severelv from im |
| 2008-10-10 09:01:46.0 | user:public:nellibell49 | tict hospital led away and not seen again | trict hospital ried away and not seen again |
| 2008-10-10 09:00:15.0 | user:public:nellibell49 | SYDNEY, Moudi) - A telegiain fiom Uiunga, J05 miles north fi oin Sjd ne), »tates that two membciH of the ciew of the diedge Bellinger, who weie in a lowing boat, got into difficulties at the cutíante1 to the Bellmgei liivei on Satin dav afternoon Challes Batt, a single mun and a lintive of England was di owned and Duncan Dees «uffcicd so severclv flora im incision that he was admitted to the dis tuet hospital The men set out from Uiungn to row to the diedgc, which was mooted nein the not th bank of the livci The tide was i mining so btiouglv that no hcadtvu) could Llfe-snv ei s tin civ lines fiom the bleak vvatei, and Dees managed to sciamble ntOioie A heav) sea, which wns running on the bir upset the butt and Bntl was cat led awi) and not seen again | SYDNEY, Monday - A telegram from Urunga, 305 miles north fron Syd ney, states that two members of the crew of the dredge Bellinger, who were in a rowing boat, got into difficulties at the entrance to the Bellmger River on Satur dav afternoon Charles Butt, a single man and a native of England was drowned and Duncan Dees suffered so severclv from im mersion that he was admitted to the dis tict hospital The men set out from Urunga to row to the dredge, which was moored near the north bank of the river. The tide was running so strongly that no headway could Llfe-savers threw lines from the break water, and Dees managed to scramble ahore. A heavy sea, which was running on the bar upset the boat and Butt was car led away and not seen again |
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