Sad Boating Fatality.
(Per Press Association). Ixvercargill, March 4. Word has been received of a distressing boating fatality at Stewart Island. An artist named Allen, with his wife and child were drowned. The only other occupant, Broadbent, a well known London wool buyer, managed to reach the shore. Later. Broadbent was not a wool buyer but a resident of Gore. The sheet had been made fast and a puff of wind catching the sail capsized the boat Mra Allen disappeared at once, and Allen and son sank after a hard struggle. Broadbent was rescued in an exhausted condition. Allen had purchased 170 acres and just built a house with the intention of permanently residing On the island, j
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 209, 5 March 1895, Page 2
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