DROWNING AT WAIKARI.
A most melanchcly and fatal accident happened at Waikari on Sunday morning last. About ten o’clock William Acliffe, a young man in the employ of Mr McLean, blacksmith, went, in company with a lad, to have a bath in one of the pools formed by the Waikari creak, Acliffe undressed and jumped into the water, there about twelve feet deep, and though professedly a good swimmer, after once rising to the surface of the water, he, without making any attempt to swim, sank and was drowned. When he was going down the second time his companion threw his braces to him, but Acliffe seemed not to notice them. The lad then raised an alarm, which brought a party of eight or ten to the scene. George Brinkworth and Fred Cullimau immediately un?reased and dived for the body, but were nsuccessful till Mr McL-an brought a drag, for which he had to go a mile and a half. The body now lies at Mrs Hood’s hotel waiting an inquest. It is believed that cramp was the causa of deceased’s death. He was only six months in the colony, and in that time, by his industry and general good conduct, had won the respect of his emplojer and good will of his neighbors.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1861, 10 February 1880, Page 2
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214DROWNING AT WAIKARI. Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1861, 10 February 1880, Page 2
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