DROWNING FATALITY.
IN THE RIVER AVON.
CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. Alexander Forbes' Orr, manager of Fuller's Opera House, was found drowned in the River Avon, towards Dallington, early this evening. It appears that he went out alone in a canoe, and that some youths walking along the bank of the river later saw the canoe floating botlom upwards. A boy in a punt came alt.ng, and was assisting to get the canoe ashore, when he saw Mr Orr's body underneath it. It is assumed that, by some means, the canoe overbalanced, and Mr Orr was unable to* extricate himself. When the body was got ashore artificial respiration was tried for over an hour, but without avail, and when a medical man arrived, ail he could, do was to pronounce life extinct. Mr Orr came from Wellington, where his people reside.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10172, 23 February 1911, Page 5
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139DROWNING FATALITY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10172, 23 February 1911, Page 5
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