A Drowning Accident.
[By Telegraph.]
(Per Press Association.)
Chkistciiurch, This day. A sad accident occurred at Sumner estuary yesterday afternoon. Five young men went out in a boat, when it capsized. The occupants swam for the shore, a distance of 30 yards, but one, Gilbert McKay, was apparently seized with cramp and sank, and was drowned in spite of the assistance rendered by the others. The body has been recovered.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 247, 15 February 1897, Page 2
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70A Drowning Accident. Hastings Standard, Issue 247, 15 February 1897, Page 2
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