ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
ROY DROWNED AT WANGANUI
[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION:] WANGANUI, Jan. 27. A drowning fatality happened in the Wanganui river this afternoon when Jack O’Neill, a schoolboy, aged 10,. lost his life. The bov could swim a few strokes, but the. river banks run down abruptly and he soon was out of Jus depth. ' His mates went to effect a rescue, hut were afraid of being-dragged -down, and therefore, sought .tile aid or some Maoris. The bod vy was. recoveied half an hour later by the aid of a fish-.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3130, 28 January 1911, Page 7
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93ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3130, 28 January 1911, Page 7
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