TITAHI BAY FATALITY
VERDICT OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH
By Telegraph.-—Press Association. w ’ Wellington, April 7. At tlie inquest into the deaths of Ellen Downey and Joseph Pope, who were drowned at Titahi Bay on March 2<>, the coroner, Mr. Page, >S.M„ said it appeared that Pope had sacrificed Ins lite in an unsuccessful attempt to save Miss Downey. It was not the first fatality that had taken place there, and the provision of a life-saving reel would be beneficial. . A finding of accidental death through drowning was returned.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 April 1928, Page 8
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