A FATAL CAPSIZE.
(Per Press Association.) BLENHEIM, March 6. George May, 45 years, unmarried, was drowned in the Wuirau River to-day. He was sailing tip the river in a boat with another man when a gust of wind caused a capsize. May, who was wearing an overcoat, struck out for- the shore and sank'. His companion clung to the boat, and saved himself. May was recently a sheep farmer in Canterbury.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7756, 7 March 1905, Page 3
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71A FATAL CAPSIZE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7756, 7 March 1905, Page 3
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