TRAGIC DISCOVERY
Child Drowned In Copper
By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, March 19.
A tragic discovery was made at Papatoetoe when a l&-mouths- old child, .Dawn Koivu, daughter of Mr. R. Koivu, was found drowned iu a copper in the backyard of her home. The child had been playing in the yard with the other children and when Mrs. Koivu went to call them to lunch she fouud the child’s head and the upper part of her body immersed in about 12 inches of water. The child was rushed to the residence of Dr. Valentine but she was dead. At the inquest, evidence was given that the copper was used to provide drinking water for the house cow. A verdict of accidental drowning was returned.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 149, 20 March 1939, Page 6
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124TRAGIC DISCOVERY Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 149, 20 March 1939, Page 6
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