FATAL CAPSIZE.
FOUR DROWNED IN ROTORUA. By Telegraph.—Per Press Association. Rotorua, November 23. About 4 o'clock yesterday a boat accident occurred on Lake Rotorua, whereby four lives were lost. A party of seven were returning in a sailing boat from Mokoia Island when a gust capsized the craft. Pour of the occupants sank very quickly. Their names were Herbert Webb, aged 40, plumber; his wife, about 35, and daughter Pliyllis, aged 13; and Moses Edmondstone, aged 39, a carpenter. The other occupants clung to the boat until rescued. One of them named Ridley was greatly exhausted. Only Edmondßtone's body has been recovered so far. Webb leaves two sons, aged ten and eleven. Edmondstone leaves a widow, but no children.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 153, 24 November 1914, Page 4
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119FATAL CAPSIZE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 153, 24 November 1914, Page 4
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