DROWNED IN SURF
NAPIER HARBOUR WORKER (P.A.) NAPIER, May 24. One man was drowned and another heavily buffeted when a dinghy capsized in the surf off Westshore beach yesterday morning. The victim was: Mr. W. F. Robson, aged 48, married with three children. With Mr. J. F. Martin, the deceased was assisting in efforts to tow a stranded buoy from the beach, but the dinghy capsized in the surf. Both men, employees of the Napier Harbour Board, were thrown into the water. Mr. Martin reached the shore exhausted, but Mr. Robson has been missing since he released his hold on the boat. The police are searching for the body.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22338, 24 May 1947, Page 4
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109DROWNED IN SURF Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22338, 24 May 1947, Page 4
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