DROWNING FATALITIES-

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1643, 9 January 1913, Page 6

DROWNING FATALITIES-

TWO; LIVES LOST AT HI3NDBRSQH (By Telegraph-Press Association.) Auckland, January 8. i A sad' drowning fatality, ocourrnl nt Henderson to-day, rcvsultinff in tho dcath of Sarah Wright, wife/of Mr.W.H. Wright (farmer), and of Miss Reino 1 arkinson, a young girl , of ; fourteen.. ■ \A. partv was out bathing, in Heiiderfon Creek, when Miss Harrie got intt) difficulties. Another of tho. party 6UCoe«l6d in polling her out, Whilo this wati hap. penin* Misr, Parkinson slipped off tho : shelving ledge ovor;slippory wcte into a deep ho>. Apparently Mrs.;Wntilil tried to rescue her, but also fell into tho_ hole. The alarm was. given, and Mrs. Wright; whs pulled out, but the unfortunate wo. man was then <lead. Miss Parkinson was not recovered. ' '• •. A MAN DROWNED. . Auckland, January 8, A man.named Charles Smithy aged 30, was drowned on the beach near , Waimauku to-day. No particulars are available. BATHING FATALITY. ;' ' Now Plymouth, January 8. . Harold Hirst, aged 16 years, sou,of Mw, : looal manager of the Bank of Australasia, a brilliant and popular High School boy, was dro\vnc<l to-dny whilo batmM At % dangerous plaob on tho Slolcau bccch. Ho was away with schoolmate on a walking tour, and had boon warned not to batho , at tho place." A scoond boy was only t rescued with difficulty. . . '