Young Man Drowned On Christmas Day
BODY RECOVERED YESTERDAY Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Dec. 20. The body of the young man who disappeared in the course of rescue operations on Christmas Day at Orewa Beach was discovered to-day lying among the rocks on the south side of the mouth of the Orewa River. He was Jack Bradshaw Johnston, aged 23 years, single, of Sandringham. Deceased was bathing on Christmas Day w'ith his sister, Betty Johnston, and a young woman companion. The young women were using a lido mat and air cushion and were waist deep in water at the mouth of the river when they got out of their depth and were carried seawards. Some men went to their rescue and brought them in to shallow' water when it was noticed that Johnston was missing. It is believed he was drowned in attempting to retrieve the lido mat.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19391227.2.56
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 305, 27 December 1939, Page 6
Word Count
148Young Man Drowned On Christmas Day Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 305, 27 December 1939, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in