SAD BATHING FATALITY
[per press association. J
Dunedih, February 29
A Bad bathing fatality occurred at Oce&c Beach to-day. Three youDg women were bathing m the surf c'oae to tha baths. One got oat too fflT and on tbe other two reaching shore they set np scream lrg which attracted the attention of John McCutcbeon, a painter wotkiDg close at band. He at onco went m after the girl In the water, but w*a apparently stunned by the broekere. Another man named James Cannon, took a lifebelt sod line, and swam out to tha rescue of the girl, who was safely brought ashore bat McCutcheon w»3 m tho ra p.ntfmo drowned. Tho body wsh Been fl lating about In the Burf for some tlmi but baa not yet b?en recovered. MeCutcheen was married and the father of three children. Cannon behaved with great coolness. The thonghtless conduct of thoae who bathe m the surf close to the baths is greatly condemnpd i
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1778, 1 March 1888, Page 3
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162SAD BATHING FATALITY Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1778, 1 March 1888, Page 3
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