DEATH IN BATHS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 311, 17 December 1936, Page 4

DEATH IN BATHS.

I 0 — inquest Into Fatality Involving Stratford Man. i j Press Association —Copyright. Blenheim, December 16. I Evidence at the inquest, into the ' death of Edward Henry’ Alger, aged i 21) years, single, a civil servant, and Ison of Mr and Mrs E. 11. Alger, j Stratford, who met his death in the municipal swimming baths disclosed that he covered a distance of 66 yards under waler without a rest or I renewing his breath. ' I Medical opinion was that Alger ' completely exhausted himself and, 1 ovei taken b.v semi-consciousness, fill-; cd bis lungs with water. The coroner Mr E. J. Hill, recorded a finding of drowning, issuing a I warning against swimmers attempting such feats without adequate training and expert supervision.