SAD DROWNING FATALITY.
Auckland, Dec. 17,
Two boys named James Horace Irwin, aged thirteen, and Raymond Sainty, aged thirteen, were drowned in a pond on the Campbell estate yesterday. Accompanied by a third boy named Cochrane they were playing on the estate. Sainty and Cochrane, both of whom could swim, went for a bathe in the pond, and Irwin, who could not swim, went on to the pond on a wooden raft. Suddenly the raft collapsed, and Irwin sank. Both Cochrane and Sainty made a brave attempt at rescue, but Sainty was seized by Irwin and both went to the bottom. Cochrane's attempts to save both boys were unavailing, and after diving for some time he went for help. When the bodies were recovered the deceased were found clasped in each other’s arms.
At the inquest to-day the coroner found that Irwin had been accidentally drowned, and that Sainty was drowned while heroically endeavouring to save Irwin. 11c also commended the action of Cochrane in attempting to rescue his comrades.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1652, 19 December 1916, Page 3
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170SAD DROWNING FATALITY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1652, 19 December 1916, Page 3
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