DROWNING TRAGEDY

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1364, 15 February 1912, Page 4

DROWNING TRAGEDY

vjcai! AND /tiff mri;i.'- v>w Titi'Ai) i,/v/;.'i. (By Tck«rfl|ih- frft's A<*vl»M«i.i Hokitika, IvUu'.rj* If. A sad drowning fatality "'""'"I in (he Hijj WutiKniiiii Kiv'T yt-rt'-tihy ' t>"nin". The Km. Mr. l/.(li<-, vlwr <.f l'*<, uiKS proreediim to ll»rilinri t'" "'" I"'/poso of attending the Aii«liraii !"':'.'"■ '[■'• follo\yiiiK day. \U: wan n':(.oinj.»nie'J his sister, Miss Vjeke. ApproacliiiiK tlic liitf \VnM;:nnl IM'I tliey were mot by l'ViT.vin.'iii ll'-ndc, v-f'' olt'cml to take the t.rap over the pw, the iwsseiiKcrh tn walk <>v<-r ( ''• I''"'",' ': constructed briilge. Mr. l/ick(; ilcclmwJ the offer, thinking tins river crosMiif; hi ,, . as he had previously crossed (h<: I"' 1 ' twice before. The riv«r at (lie ford «as nviff. »n« deep, and when Iho trap was half way across the horse stopped, (he. wheels ~ild-c-iitly lioing blocked by a lari'o l«iuldrr. In ail effort to turn the trnp, eilhcr In avoid the stones or return, the vehiclo capsized. In a moment horse, trap, ami occupants were swept down stream, the trnp Heine rolled over and over. 'Die suddenness of the accident and the sweep of the current prevented any succour bcinf rendered. Hy the J the watchers reached the scene tire horsn had been washed ashore, also portions oi the trap, but there was no simi of tho occupants. When the accident lmpjjcnea the budios could be soon momentarily, in. the turbulent waters, but up to the lime of telegraphing they had not been recovMr. Incite and his sister only recently arrived from Cornwall, Kngland, Mr. ]jocki! having come lo the Dominion for change of climate. Both were highly coteemed in the southern district

Christchurch, February H. With reference to the drownins fatalitv in (lie Big Waiißanui Kiver, A\«.-t----la'nd, yesterday, the Rev. M. Locke came to the' Christchurch diocese only six months ago. Although he was a native of Cornwall, he had recently been enCage.d in work at Bermondsey, London. Bishop Julius received news of the sail accident from the- AVost Coast to-day, and spnt a cable message lo Mr. Locke s re at!ves at Home. Mr. Locke and Ins sisW were young people, and were wiUinsiasuo workers in the service of the GlmrcU.