DEATH BY DROWNING
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Fell Off Fishing Launch
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■ FOXTON, Last Night. An inquest at the instructious of the Solicitor-General into the circumstances surrounding the death of Wilson Angqs McPhail, who fell overboard from the fishing launch Madge on September 1, and whose body has not yet been recovored was conducted before Mr G. D. Hamilton, the Coroner, ti -day. Evidence showed that McPhail was feeling unwell and must have tripped or fallen overboad after the vessel moored. He was the only one on deek at the time. He was one-armed. A lad, Alan Sim, made a gallant attempt at rescue and was commended by the Coroner for his action. A verdict that McPhail met his death by drowning was returned.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 56, 29 November 1937, Page 12
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123DEATH BY DROWNING Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 56, 29 November 1937, Page 12
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