Fatal Accident Fatal Accident
TWO LIVES LOST. ' *7 "■; A.l' 'PEB UNITED PBESS A&BOCLA.'nQBr. >-;■■ .>■■• '..■:;■■■ W&xin&kut, This'Dayv At 5 o'clock yesterday a melancholy and fatal' accident happened here. Six "boy^ aged from 1 17 tosy«ars, went out fishing. Wheni returning home^ jinder .; isail^the; boat was and capsized all the occupants into the wafer. With some difficulty all got hold of the boat, but were several times rolled off. After a time, two of .-the boys, ;Cfe'as.- ..anc. Herbertjßu&erfoid,, aged. 12 and 11 respectively, disappeared, and were-, seen nc more;. There is little hope, of recovering the bodies. t3 The^remaining fbur jbpys were rwoye^d rl w^en. almost, exhausted bya ptesih^b^atrj ChaS. Matthews, v aged -13, seeii&B to have sav^l hia^brbiher; &ged 3, in ; a -Very' commendable manner bj^4& keeping him out of -the water on his bach WW until assistance. arrived. He wasassistei • by James Rutherford, brother of theboydowned. The lads were in the. jraife'.Y over an hour, .J.. J ■'-.-.
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 90, 9 January 1886, Page 2
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157Fatal Accident Fatal Accident Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 90, 9 January 1886, Page 2
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