BROWNING YOUTH
IGNORED BY COMPANIONS.
THOUGHT TO BE JOKING.
ADELAIDE, November 25 Lawrence James Albert Malone, a 17-year-old-youth, of Walkerville, Adelaide, was drowned in the North Adelaide swimming pool. The coroner, ax the inquest, said the case was a tragic story of stupidity, neglect and casualness, as a direct result of which a human life was lost. He hoped it would be a lesson to the public of the grave danger of leading others to believe there was danger when no danger existed, and of the imperative necessity of investigating cries for help, even if they were believed to be stupid practical jokes. Evidence wa s given by persons who were bathing at the time of the fatality that Malone, who was a strong swimmer, was in the habit of pretending he was in danger by becoming submerged and then swimming under the water for some time. When he slid off the bank on which lie was lying with a cry for help, his companions believed this was just another instance of this form of practical joke. One witness said they were' curious, but not anxious. A finding of death by drowning was returned.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 November 1933, Page 7
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194BROWNING YOUTH Hokitika Guardian, 29 November 1933, Page 7
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