FISHING FATALITY
CAPSIZE IN AUCKLAND HARBOUR, By Telegraph.—Press Association. . Auckland, June 27. William JVrr.dl, aged 20, and a man '> named Steele, aged about 10, were fishing in a small boat in Eangitoto Cha'in'.'l last night. When getting the alienor up th> boat capsized. Perrett clung to the upturned boat, but Steele stripped and swam ashore, Ho returned with assistance in a Defence launch, but there was no trace of Perrett or the boat. Pfho victim of the accident was the oldest son of Mr. J. Douglas Perrett, the Auckland artist, well known to lxnvlcrs in Auckland and Wellington. Mr. Per- '/ rett, who was in Wellington in connec- ' tiou with a sale of his pictures, received ■' telegraphic news of the fatality yesterday': morning, and left for Auckland by Ibe ■" midday express. The. deceased, who was about twenty-eight years of age, was the eldest of four sons, two of whom are on active service, while the other has iv turned from Francs disabled. 'Mr. William Perrett, who 'returned from the Islands a few months ago, is lame, and was consequently ineligible for military torvice. A sister of the deceased is at pro 6ent a of Wellington.] ' ■
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 240, 28 June 1918, Page 4
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194FISHING FATALITY Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 240, 28 June 1918, Page 4
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