SAD DROWNING FATALITY.
An Heroic Father.
Names, Jan. 7. Mr William Alexander Watts, a commission agent, residing at Havelock North, and his son William, a boy of eleven, were drowned in the Ngaruroro river at about 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon. They were bathing when the boy got out of his- depth, and the father went to his assistance. Neither could swim and both were drowned, A younger son, aged about ten, who was standing on the bank, witnessed the accident. The bodies were recovered.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3739, 8 January 1907, Page 2
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84SAD DROWNING FATALITY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3739, 8 January 1907, Page 2
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