TWO GIRLS DROWNED.
plucky attempt at fails._ -. ;','';■ Cpsms issoeunoi wmkhum.)' ; TAUMARUNUI, Two sisters, Mavis and Thyra. Dettf, aged twelve and fourteen respectively, were drowned at Victory bridge, !Wanganui river. A large party of eMldren were bathing, left $• water except Mavis Dette, who observed to be in difficulties. Her lister, Thyra, attempted a rescue but ,W» went under'arid were drowne3. Thyrii body was.recovered quickly by>yoa»l man, William Capper, who was -ami to the scene, but life was .trier the body of Mavis was tecovew.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18888, 31 December 1926, Page 14
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83TWO GIRLS DROWNED. Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18888, 31 December 1926, Page 14
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