SECOND TRAGEDY AT NAPIER.
MAN WASHED OFF BREAKWATER. ! ■ ■ (By Telefrrapi— Presi Association.) ; " • Napier, April 26. ■ Another sightseer at Napier breakwater , lost his life this afternoon in exactly the ,;', same'manner as did George Duncan yes- ■ terday. The victim of the tragedy, i, young man named Harry ■ Holland, was: walking along, the Breakwater Wharf; with two friends, when a wave swept over; them' and carried Holland into the. , harbour... . .'..';'■ : The mishap was witnessed by a number ■■• of people in the - vicinity, and efforts to rescue him wero soon put forth. A life- ; belt was thrown, but, jnst:as he reached out for it, a wave washed him away from it, and he sank. ifr. D. Shanahan dived.; into tho water, but he was too late to ■ effect a' rescue. ■'.'• ; '- '.* Meanwhilp a boat, manned by Messrs. H. Smith, Wright, and Melvy, was under way,.and, within a few minutes, by means . of grappling-irons, the ■■ body . was ■' re- • covered and:raised to the.wharf, where efforts to, v restore animation were .made,, but without success. ■■.'■;. . Deceased was about .19 years of age, and was, until; recently, employed on the . trawler Pania; now. laid up.' • ; , .
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19100427.2.16
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 802, 27 April 1910, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
186SECOND TRAGEDY AT NAPIER. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 802, 27 April 1910, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in