found drowned
death of bather FATALITY AT BLOCKHOUSE BAY While bathing yesterday afternoon at Blockhouse Bay, Thomas Pickens, o{ Bollard Avenue, Avondale, collapsed in the water and was drowned. Hi* body was found later in the afternoon, but by that time all hope of resuscitation was impossible. Mr. Pickens, who was 74 years old, and a retired farmer, went in bathing alone on an unfrequented part of the beach. No one saw him enter the water, and it is surmised that he was overcome by a heart attack, and was drowned before he could the An inquest was held this morning at Avondale before the coroner, Mr. F. K. Hunt. After hearing evidence a verdict of •found drowned” was returned.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 255, 18 January 1928, Page 1
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120found drowned Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 255, 18 January 1928, Page 1
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