DROWNING FATALITY.
Blenheim, Dec. 29. Yesterday afternoon, while a party of ladies and children were bathing in the Opawa river, Zita Shaw-, aged twelve years, daughter of Mr F. Shaw, chemist, was carried off her feet by the current. Mrs Arthur Farmar (aged 37) and her daughter Rona (aged 17) went to her assistance, but were also carried away. Zita Shaw’s mother, a good swimmer, went to their rescue, and almost succeeded in getting her daughter to the bank, but lost her. then tried to rescue [ Farmer, who bad jaint*5 J; tut without succors, the Faifnars; mother and dauguter, f and Zita Shaw, all being dmv. tieu, . Mrs Shaw was diving to mid. the bodies when assists iK'e'ifr’wedj The bodies were soon recovcJ e d| and efforts at resuscitation w&j|; continued for a considerable timef., but unsuccessfully. At an inquest to-day a verdict of accidental death by drowning was returned. The jury specially commended Mrs Shaw’s bravery and the prompt action of a number of men and police who recovered the bodies and rendered aid. The jury also expressed the view that the Borough Council should provide a proper swimming place.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19071231.2.18
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3778, 31 December 1907, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
191DROWNING FATALITY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3778, 31 December 1907, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in