FATAL ACCIDENT.
Boating Fatality m. Wellington. Two Hen ffrpw^d; Gallant JJescue ot the Surviyor; , •n/(BT TiBEBtfitAPH.) IffNIIBD PRESS' USROCUTICN.7 iWeijTilNGton; December 27. r^ A fatal boating accident occurred tit' the Kavbor kte off Uhrsitmas niipht^ Three young men named Hariy I^ee, 1 Jameß Wallend, and Themas Williams, left Ngahaura'nga m a- boat at 10 o'clock that night on a fishing excursion: When pu^ a mile one of the oarsmen misled * stroke ■ causing the boat to capaize; Williams clung to the overturned boat, but ihe others disappenred and were drowned. Williams' cries were heard from this shore, and a Norwegian named Truemati hastily constructed a i'affc with some planks and wsnt m search. He was successful m- resetting ; Williams m a very exhausted condition. ' Both the men drowned were unniamed. The bodies have not yet been recovered.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 24, 27 December 1883, Page 3
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136FATAL ACCIDENT. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 24, 27 December 1883, Page 3
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