THE HENDERSON DROWNING FATALITY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1644, 10 January 1913, Page 5

THE HENDERSON DROWNING FATALITY.

, HOW. THE; ACCIDENT' OCCUEEED. (By : T©l«KraDh.—Pre«a Association.) ■ : Auckland, January 9. ' • The search for tho body of Miss Renio Parkinson, one of tho. victims of tho sad ■ drowning fatality; at Henderson, was continued throughout Wednesday night. The .constable, who took charge of the dragging'operations, had a not strotohod across the mouth or the creek I ,'-'Aftd. ht'midnight tho , body of the . uafo'rfunitte girl'" was found in it. An-'.'inquest' : waa.',held :to-day nt l Hen- ' aerson, ,-Williani : . tho bodies as those of Mrs. Sarah Wright (wife of Mr. Wm. 'M. Wright, of Lincoln > : Road, /Henderson) and Miss Eenie Parkinson. her.cioce, aged li, who was on a . visit ' to Mrs. Wng'h.t, Tier parents residing in the King Country.' : Bray savo, evidence to tho effect . that .at .about 3.30 ■ p.m. on Wednesday a ■ bathing party consisting of Mrs. Wright, ' with her two small boys, -Miss Eenio Par- I '' kinson,' Misa Harrle, cind the witness left . the residence ot Mr, Wright for a bathe in Henderson Creek; Miss Parkinson and Miss; Harrie entered ithe water first, and Mrs. Wright and .witnoss followed, hold- ,. ingeach'other's.hands,' as the ground- was : slippery. The . two little girls wore on a ledge of_ .rock overhanging a . deep pool nhea witness observed them next, and suddenly Renie Parkinson either slipped or jumped-into the hole ,and then called ' out, "Aunty, I'm. drowning.".Mrs. Wright, . thowever, thought that, she was. only jok- . ingj: and called, out to her not to talk Jike • that.'. vA two later they • 'heard tho child calling "Aunty, Aunty. ■ MrSi';Wrlght realisea then that, the girl v was .really in difßculties, and although i, , she could, not swim, she plunged forward ' ■ to the girl's rescue. ■* -They, bott' disap- . peared from .sight, and that was the last witness.saw of them.: ,The other little girl,> Mary Harris, had jumped'in after her friend, 'and she r al9o' was - in' difficnl- .' ties. Witness managed to grasp her hand,' ■ however,, and,: somehow or ■ other, al- :: .. though 1 she herself could not swim, she managed-to struggle back to safety with ■ the child. Mrs. Wright was accustomed .. : to bathe In' Henderson Creek, and 1 know ' ; that'there was a deep hole near the bathing place. '■ .- ; V Dr. Rossiter said /Mrs.-Wright had' been dead for 6ome.hours before his arrival .on tho scene. D;ath was . due ■to drowning. The cause' of the death of Miss: Parkinson was also due 'to drowning. He considered .everything possible under the circumstances had pcen dono bcfoip his arrival. . . A .verdict was : roturned . that MrsWright had met her denth, while endeavouring to save her niece, and that Renie - Parkinson had met accidental death, by drowning, .... ■ ■ ( .The - rtrenuoras' life of .• to-day renders ! : /ACCIDENT AND (SICKNESS INSUR- ' . ANCB no longer a luxury but a NECESSITY.. The Ocean Accident and Guareintoe Corporation's new '"LEADER POLICY" covers -ALL ACCIDENTS and 50 . DISEASES. Prospectus eent '■ on reooipt of ;