DROWNING FATALITY.
TWO YOUNG MEN THE VICTIMS,
(By TdtQtavh—Preu Auociation.) D.UNEDIN, Last Night.
A distressing fatality, by which two young men, residents/of Ravensboume, lost their lives, at Taiaroa Heads about 6 o'clock this morning. ; . v
It appears that Thomas /Shanks and David Timlin were spending holidays in a crib at the- Maori Kaik, and. about 6 o'clock they went-out ,in a dinghy to take in a mbki net which had been set during" the day. r They succeeded in drawing,the nei into the dinghy, but the stide had just turned,, and, with a strong 'northeaster blowing, a heavy sea was run- - ■; .. .:,.■ :• ■'• •-.."
It is surmised that the dinghy tipped, took in a wave, and '. turned over. , ,
A hrother of one of the men noticed €he'pair clinging to the keel of the boat,,-'and, immediately gave the ■alarm oh the shore. , >« .; -, A launch was pht out, it reached the boat the men had disappeared. ;;■.;':;■;.;, •1,;- :F X- \ Both men were fully, dressed;and were good swhrimers./
Both were married, Timlin only 12 months, and Shanks, had one child: A number of launches: are engaged in search for the bodies, 'but up to a late hour they had not been found.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 31 December 1913, Page 6
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196DROWNING FATALITY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 31 December 1913, Page 6
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