BATHING FATALITY.
BOY DROWNED IN THE KAUPOKONUI. A sad drowning accident is reported by the Hawera Star. It appears ■ that a party of some thirty boys went bathing in a pool near the mouth of the Kaupokonui River, among them Claude Kiljmtrick, aged about twelve years. The party missed Kilpatriek_ but thought that he had gone down on to tile beach at Otakeho. They went down, but found no sign of him,- and returned to the river, where, on diving, they fouud KilPatrick's body. It was some time before a doctor could be secured, and it is reported that he was of opinion that death was due to heart failure, -The deceased's father is Mr. T. Kilpatrick, manager of the Auroa branch of the Joll Company.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 December 1920, Page 4
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126BATHING FATALITY. Taranaki Daily News, 29 December 1920, Page 4
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