SAD DROWNING ACCIDENT.
- ■ By Telegraph—Press Association. • AUCKLAND. April 16. A sad drowning accident occurred at Kiritehere,' twenty miles from Kawhia, on Friday. A girl, four years old, Grace Klein, daughter of a settler, fell into a creek and was swept into a deep hole by the strong current. The only witness of the fatality was a child seven years old. She ran for the child's mother, who jumped in, fully clothed, without a moment's hesitation, and was swept away by the strong current. She gained the bank, and made another unsuccessful attempt to rescue tho child. The body was recovered. The remains were carried six: miles through a bush track to the burial place.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8401, 17 April 1907, Page 5
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114SAD DROWNING ACCIDENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8401, 17 April 1907, Page 5
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