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ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

1 TWO boys drowned. Per Press Association. Auckland, December IV. Two boys named Janies Horace Irwin, aged 13, and Raymond Sainty, aged 13, were drowned in a pond on the Campbell estate yesterday. Accompanied by a third boy, named Cochrane, they were playing in tne estate. Sainty and Cochrane, both of whom could swim, wont for a bathe in the pond, and Irwin, who could not swim, went on to the pond on a wooden raft. Suddenly the raft collapsed, and Irwin sank. Both Cochrane and Sainty made a brave attempt at rescue, but Sainty was se.'zed by Irwin and both went to_ the 'tottom. Cochrane’s attempts to save j both boys were unavailing, and after diving for some time lie went for help. 1 When the bodies were recovered, the j deceased were found clasped in each other’s arms. At the inquest to-day the Coroner found that Irwin had been accidentally drowned, and that Sainty was drowned while heroically endeavoring to save Irwin. He also commended the action of Cochrane in attempting to i rescue. DEATH FROM A FALL. Auckland, December 17. A boy named Norman Sutherland died in hospital to-day as the result of injuries sustained through a fall from a tre'e. Deceased’s parents reside at Onehunga.

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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 20, 18 December 1916, Page 7

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ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 20, 18 December 1916, Page 7

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 20, 18 December 1916, Page 7

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