HEROIC ATTEMPTS
TO .SAVE DROWNING MAN. (Per Press Association Copyright.) WELLINGTON, September 21. Th e attempts of two young men to save a -drowning man were commended by Qoroner McNeil, at the inquest into the death of' William Black-lidge, aged 21, who lost his life when a canoe overturned in Evan’s Bay on- the 27th of August. Deceased’s companion, Maurice Bennett and a passer-by, James Bowman, both entered ti’.ie cold water to assist the deceased-
'The Coroner eaid he wished to coriimi?nd them tor -the heroic way in which they attempted to save th? drowning ■man. At was not -through any fault of theirs that h e lost his life. ’ ' • ■ , .
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1932, Page 2
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110HEROIC ATTEMPTS Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1932, Page 2
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