SURF FATALITY
BOY DROWNED ON BEACH.
(Per Press Association, Copyright)
WELLINGTON, December 25
While paddling on Kawatiri Beach, Raumati about three miles north of Paekakariki on Saturday hfternoon, Brian Monkman, eight years of age, sen of Mr Leonard Monkman, Wellington manager of the Yorkshire Insurance Company, was swept off his .feet by" the heavy surf and drowned. The boy was paddling with Rae Turner, aged eleven, daughter of Mr and Mrs C. G. Turner, Wellington, when an unusual by large wave swept them off their feet.
Willing helpers rushed to their aid and the girl was brought ashore in an exhausted condition. The boy was swept) .twenty-five yards down the beach before his mother who went to his .rescue could rescue him. Artificial respiration was applied without success. The funeral was held to-day.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 December 1933, Page 6
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