TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
THREE MEN DROWNED,
Greymouth, Last Night
A triple drowning tragedy occurred to-day in the Alimira River. About 1.30 p.in., William Cryslcll, enginedriver, aged 50; John Brosnan, aged 30; and Thomas Reynolds, aged 45, both dredge hands, were in a boat engaged in the work of moving (he Almura dredge down stream in a fresh for dismantling, when the boat by some moans capsized. The men nil disappeared, and were nol again seen. The boat was drifting away when the dredgemaster first noted the accident. Tho bodies have not yet been recovered. Cryslcll leaves a wife and grownup family of three at Ahaura. Brosnan leaves a wife and two children at Waikara, Otago. Reynolds was a single man. *
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1968, 24 April 1919, Page 3
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119TRIPLE TRAGEDY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1968, 24 April 1919, Page 3
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