Distressing Accident.
(by telegraph.) (united pebss association. Chbistchuroh, Feb. 25. ; This afternoon, at Sumner, the only >-. surviving Bon of Mr C. J. Colborn Veel, Secretary of the Board of Educa* tion, was drowned. -■ Deceased, who was about 14 years old, with another boy, got into a punt at Burns's jetty. The punt got loose. . and was drifted by the tide, which waf running very fast. There was one oar4l and half a paddle m the punt, and the^ boys tried to row to shore. The oar dropped overboard. Deceased- asked . Hart to jump m and recover it. Hart was unable to swim . Deceased jumped m, and soon appeared to be drowniag. Hart whistled to a dog, which swam to i deceased and caught him. by the collar of his coat. The current was too strong, and Veel was drowned.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 79, 26 February 1883, Page 2
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139Distressing Accident. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 79, 26 February 1883, Page 2
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