CHILD DROWNED
■ Followed Sister To School i. . Press Association—Cnnyr'vbt ■ Whangarei, June 4. i Ma,y Drake, 18-months-old daughter ’ of Mr and .Mrs G. E. Drake, Tftoki, I was drowned in a creek this morning. , The child followed her sister to the •road on the way to school and apparj ently unknown to t*e elder girl tell : off a small wooden bridge across the I j’ creek. I I Fifteen minutes later the mother : saw the child floating on the surface of the creek. Artificial respiration, I including the old Maori method ot i holding the child in smoke, failed. I The coroner, Mr G. H. Morrish, re- | corded a finding at an inquest later i that the child was accidentally drowned.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 451, 5 June 1937, Page 6
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120CHILD DROWNED Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 451, 5 June 1937, Page 6
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