THE NAPIER DROWSING FATALITY.
MR. CLARKSON’S BODY RECOVERED. [Per Press Association.] NAPIER. April 6. Mr. Clarkson’s body was recovered from the surf this morning. It was terribH® disfigured. THE INQUEST. NAPIER. April 6. Mr. S. E. McCarthy. Coroner, today conducted an inquiry into the death of Mr. R. P. Clarkson, and found that he was accidentally drowned on the beach, and that all reasonable - efforts were made to prevent the death of the deceased and to recover the body. IJie Coroner added a rider condemning the practice of some persons' in feigning drowning, which had been partly responsible for the present fatality.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2470, 7 April 1909, Page 5
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102THE NAPIER DROWSING FATALITY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2470, 7 April 1909, Page 5
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