BOATING FATALITY.
A MAORI VICTIM
(By feUoraph— -Priii Auomation.) ; GISBORNE, Last Night- ' A boating fatality Occurred at Tolaga Bay on Saturday afternoon. Three Maoris were crossing the bar on their way-- fishing* when their boat capsized in the surf. .. One Native swam ashore, and leit the other two clinging to the boat. A launch at once'went oiit to their assistance, but in the meantime the boat drifted ashore, and when the launch arrived.on the scene botli Maoris were in shallow water—one supporting the other. This man was with difficulty' got ashore in a semiconscious state. The doctor was immediately sent for, but the man collapsed, death being due to shock. ;■ The deceased Maori was a wellknown identity, ami was familiarly known as "Teapot.' His; name was Tepura, and he was 77 years old.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAG19131208.2.27.11
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 8 December 1913, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
133BOATING FATALITY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 8 December 1913, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.