ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
ilaunch tragedy. SAD .CULMINATION TO A RESCUE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, February 7. Philip Fleurty and Charles Herd, of Snmner, left iu the motor-launch Kini to fish for groper off Pigeon Bay yesterday, but" failed to return. A licavy south-westerly was blowing. Information has been received' that tho men were discovered in an exhausted condition by a steamer making.for. Lyttolton. The boat was towed to within two miles of tho Heads, when heavy seas swjimped the boat, which disappeared with the occupants.. An hour's search failed to find a trace of the boat or the men. • Fleury, who leaves a widow and five young children, was bandmaster of the Sumner Band. Herd leaves a widow and twq young children. . GUN FATALITY. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, February 7. Ken. Brooks, aged 17 years, was pulling a gun through a fence at Yaldhurst, when it went off, killing Tiim.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2998, 8 February 1917, Page 6
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150ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2998, 8 February 1917, Page 6
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