TRAGEDY AT WANGANUI."
TWO MMX DROWNED IN RIVER. By —-Press Assoriaf ion. WANGAN H, March 2G. A soiisa timi ivas caiinc ;1 at the town wharf to-day. when a man, at present unknown, jumped from the town bridge about midway. Three men in ine vicinity immediately entered the river, one of these being \Y. Hamilton, a bo.v of nineteen, an A.li. on the steamer Invercargill. Hamilton was seen to swim in the direction of the man, wiio was still floating, when the former wa.s carried down opposite the Ngatiawa, which was berthed below the Invercargill. lie suddenly sank. Anotheif man named X. Roue an out as far as the .person who jumped oil’ the bridge, but was unable to retain hold of him, and the latter sank. .Dragging lias commenced for the two Imd ies. Tliere wa.s a strong ebb tide a' tin. time.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 27 March 1926, Page 8
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144TRAGEDY AT WANGANUI." Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 27 March 1926, Page 8
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