BOATING TRAGEDY AT TANGIMOANA

Chronicle (Levin), 8 December 1947, Page 5

BOATING TRAGEDY AT TANGIMOANA

A boating tra^edy occurred at Tangimoana 011 (Saturday afternoon when Air. Ravmond Waldin Humphrey, oi AlaKiuo, lost his iife. 'l'ogether with Alr. A. B. Alair, son of Alr. and'Alrs. J. AI. Alair, of Lees Line, Feilding, tlie deceased went out fishing in a snmii lioat driven by an outboard motor. lt appears that they had concluded their" fishing and were returning to Tangimoana when xnisfortune interrupted progress. The boat was negotiating Ihe bar at the niouth of the Rangitikei Kiver when it was swamped, a fact attributed to the weight ot the outboaru motor at the stern. Both young men were some hours in the water hoiding 011 to tlie craft and Alr. llumphrey apparently became ill from the afL'ects of iimnersion and collapsed and subsequently died. The deceased was a son of Alr. anu Alrs. Arthur Humphrey, well -known settlers of Alakino, who are at present visiting Timaru. He was a inarneu man with tliree young children anu niueh svmpathy will go out to his be reaved family and parents. Yesterday an inquest was opened a; Bulls before the district corouer oi Alartou when Alr. Dudlev Humphrey, oi Alakino, a brother, gave eviclenee oi identiiication and proceedings were a.d journed. Alr. A. B. Alair also suffered from his long immersion in the water and wa.yesterday confined to his bed.