DROWNING TRAGEDY
THREE EXPERIENCED FISHERMEN.
(Australian Press Association)
deceived this dny at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 2. Three experienced fishermen of Cape Hawke, North Coast, were drowned this afternoon on Lake Wallis during a violent thunderstorm. The victims were:—Arthur Prior, (57, and his two nephews, Geoffrey Prior. 20, and Stanley Hart 27. 'Hie men were crossing the lake in a fishing launch heavily loaded with paraplienalia from the New Year’s day sports at Kiosk when the craft sank. Eyewitnesses were unable to lend assistance owing to the fury of the storm and to the fact that their boats wore too small.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1931, Page 5
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101DROWNING TRAGEDY Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1931, Page 5
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