MAN DROWNED
CAPSIZE OF BOAT
COMPANIONS REACH SHORE
(Special to the "Evening Post.")
PALMERSTON N., This Day.
One man was drowned and two men had to fight for their lives when a boat capsized in the heavy surf at Tangimoana yesterday afternoon. The victim was Maurice Parkes, aged 21, single, farm hand, employed by Mr. M. Rowlands, of Awahuri. His parents reside at Wanganui.
Accompanied by the two Nicholson brothers, of Awahuri, who are slightly older than himself, Parkes had gone through the surf in an open 18ft keel boat. The sea was rough at the time and one wave larger than the others caused the boat to capsize.
When the men were thrown into the water they decided to make for the shore, but Parkes, who was not as strong a swimmer as the others, became separated from his companions in the breakers. After a struggle, the two Nicholsons managed to reach the shore with the aid of those who happened to be on the beach, which was rather deserted. They were thoroughly exhausted, and one of them had to be given artificial respiration.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 135, 5 December 1938, Page 11
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185MAN DROWNED Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 135, 5 December 1938, Page 11
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