DROWNING FATALITIES.
By Telegraph—Press Association. HOKITIKA, October 5. John Johnston, employed on The _.>-•. Prince of Wales Dredge, at Ross, was drowned this morning. The deceased and his mates (Currie and Roberts) were proceeding in a pontoon to the dredge, when the pontoon sank. Currie and Roberts saved themselves by swimming ashore. They made every effort to save Johnston, but the body was recovered life " ) |wwas extinct. The deceased leaves a widow and one child three years old. WHANGAREI, October 5. News was received from Towai, this afternoon, that Francis Montague, 54 years of age, and a married man with a large family, was drowned on Friday evening when crossing the Maramaku River, which was in flood at the time. There was no one with him at the time. The body was found this morning. The deceased was a storekeeper near Towai, and a well-known settler of many years' standing in the district.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8550, 7 October 1907, Page 3
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152DROWNING FATALITIES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8550, 7 October 1907, Page 3
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