Six People Drowned
DREADFUL FATALITY AT FOXTON. PLEASURE BOAT CAPSIZES. PALMERSTON PEOPLE THE SUFFERERS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Palmers ton N., Last Night. A terrible boating accident occurred at Tewharangi, a seaside resort at Foxton Heads, this morning. Large numbers of Palmerston North people have cottages there, where they stay at week-ends and over the summer. These have motor launches on the river. (A party of ladies and children were going out this morning to Mr. Roberts' Motor launch. There was a sharp breeze and a jobble, and the dinghy was verv much overladen, and it capsized anrt sank before any boats could be launched from the shore. All were drowned. The,victims were:— Percy Roberts, of Palmerston North, and her two sous. Mrs. Groves, wife of Mr. Groves, motor expert, Palmerston, and one ckild. Miss Fanny O'Sullivan, daughter of Captain O'Sullivan, Defence storekeeper, Wellington. Miss Arnold, of Nelson.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 104, 23 October 1911, Page 5
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147Six People Drowned Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 104, 23 October 1911, Page 5
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