TAKAPUNA BEACH TRAGEDY.
6 BODIES RECOVERED, (By Toloirnnh - I'rcse Assoclatioa.) Auckland, Februaiy 0. Seaich partici on Satmda> uoninj found tho liothos of Mjillo Amelia. Hott.in and Kohcit Yv'ilficd Gordon, who vveio lott iiom the launch Artono in a \oij lough fcra on tlio opiniiß of Annivcisaij Dav. Iho bodies had boon \..ishod on to tlio rocks ot llangitoto Island. At tlio inquest to-day tho Coionor rotiuiicd a \cidict ol acculeutnl drowning, and toterred in romplimcntary tonus to tho action of joung Gordon, «ho had lost his hlo in an cnde.ivour to sa\e that ol Mis>s Rowan. [The tiaged\ took pbco on January 30. A paitj ol ten johiir pcoplo, intUictiiT_ lorn ladies, loluimng to Auckland in a inotoi-launch liom n tiip m tlio Gulf, ein'oimtoied a hex\j sca off Takapunu Ucacli. The launch sluppwl a bifi and Miss Mjitle Row ait and Uny Bovins wcio washed o\erhoud Tlip launch wa3 stopped, ,md W. Good and Rol)'tt (Jordon di\od norhoaid. jlftiins -was got alioaid, but Miss Rowan and Gordon were drowned. Tho launch cruised about .% long tiiuo searching m Ihc dark without succcis ]
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1980, 10 February 1914, Page 6
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182TAKAPUNA BEACH TRAGEDY. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1980, 10 February 1914, Page 6
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