BOY DROWNED.
NO FEAR OF WATER. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, January 5. At the inquest yesterday on the death of the boy Patrick Alee Tuohy, aged nine, who was drowned in the harbour on Sunday afternoon, the evidence showed that the boy could not swim, but had no fear of the water. He had expressed a desire to go for a swim. Nc one saw him enter t'le water. A verdict of death by drowning, no blame being attachable to anyone, was returned.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18892, 6 January 1927, Page 8
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83BOY DROWNED. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18892, 6 January 1927, Page 8
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