TRIPLE DROWNING CASE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 1 February 1907, Page 4

TRIPLE DROWNING CASE.

Perth, January 1-1. A distressing drowning ,a-c occurred al Point Moore, Geraldton. ~u Friday denims, as a result of wli.ee .are; children lost Iheir lives. A, alalia li\e o'clock live cili.divn of Mr Wilson,-assistant lighlhou.-c-kcep-er, went to the beach to bathe, lauh parents being absent from tic ..own. The boy Le-lic, aged live, got out of his depth, and Iwo girls. Margery, aged 10. and Eileen, aged S, we.it to his assisiance. but tnev were all carried away. The eldest boy. George, aged six, and the youngest. n ged two. return,..l to tee iioti.-o with a 1 the clothes, and for some time were p'aying on tiii- verandah of First Light-house-keeper Cheshire's residence.

Mrs Cheshire asked I hem win- they were not with the others on the beach, when George replied that they were drowned. .Mr Cheshire rant 1 the beach, and seeing nothing of the children, at once telephoned to Mr Gibnore. the harbormaster, who repor.ed the case to the police, and a boat was at parents were informed, and they .Irow home in frantic nasie.

The news spread through the town, and a huge number of people hastened out. Young men dived eontiuuou-ly ill, every direction in search of Hie bodies, and the police started dragging. There are treacherous currents in the locality. Yesterday a -trong wind blew, and there was a huge quantity of seaweed. There is very little impe of recovering the bodies, many sharks having been seen lately in the neighborhood.