DROWNING FATALITY.
YOl'NCi MAX WASHKI) OKI' NAPIER BREAKWATER. By Telegraph—Press Association. Napier, Last Night. Another sightseer at Napier breakwater lost his life this nftcniouii in exactly the same manner as did (leorge Duncan yesterday. The victim of to-day's trsijreily was a young man named Harry Holland. He was walking along the breakwater wharf with two friends, when a vtye swept over them and carried Hoil.ind into the harbor. The mishap as witnessed ,by a number of people in the vicinity, and enorts (o rescue him were at once made. A lifebelt was thrown to him. and just as he reached out for it another wave washed liiin away from it and he sank. Mr. I). Slianahan dived in. nut he was too late to effect a rescue. Meanwhile a boat manned by Messrs. IT. Smith. A\ right. and Malloy YViIS under way. and within a f(;w minutes, by .means of grappling irons, tile bodywas recovered and raised to the wharf, where ell'orts to restore animation were made without success. Deceased was about nineteen years of age. and was until recently crnploved on the trawler l'ania, now laid up.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 374, 27 April 1910, Page 5
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188DROWNING FATALITY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 374, 27 April 1910, Page 5
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