SURF TRAGEDY
BATHER GOES OUT TOO FAR. (By Telegraph—ter tress Association ) CHRISTCHURCH, January 12. Thomas Eric Hugh Monro, a married man, and the manager of the Canterbury Steam Shipping Company, and the son* of Captain Hugh Monro, the Chairman of the Lyttelton Harbour Board, was drowned in the surf at Waikuku Beach this afternoon. With a companion, J. D. Simpson, the deceased had gone too far out, and on the return journey, both of them became exhausted. Their plight was noticed by * a woman, who gave the alarm.
Simpson managed to struggle Ushore, but when assistance reached Monro, he was dead. Artificial respiration was resorted to by Dr King, when the body was brought ashore, but was without avail.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1932, Page 2
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119SURF TRAGEDY Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1932, Page 2
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