Sad Drowning Accident at Nelson.
(UNITED PftESS ASSOOIATIOK.) Nelson, Thursday. Three lads, two of them being brothers, named Snodgrass, went * bathing m the Waitai River this ; afternoon, when the two elder boys, after bafching, ran about, leaving the other m the water. On returning they missed him, and then discovered him under the water. They then called for assistance, and 'pome men got the body out, but he was dead. The deceased, George Snodgrass, was a bright boy of twelve, who won a provincial scholarship at Christmas, and since has been at the callege as day boy.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1650, 5 March 1886, Page 4
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97Sad Drowning Accident at Nelson. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1650, 5 March 1886, Page 4
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