DEATH BY DROWNING AT THE FRENCH PASS.
♦ (peb united pkess association.) Nelson, Nov. 1. The cutter Southern Cross brings news of a fatal accident at the French Pass on Sunday night. The cutter Hannah Jane, a very small one, left Nelson for Pelorous Sound on Saturday night, in charge of a man named Harvey, and with her owner, Mr Hoguerd, and his son, a fine young fellow about 20, on board. In attempting the Pass on Sunday night, the current carried the cutter against the beacon with considerable force, and a few minutes afterwards young Ho<juerd was missed from the boat. His father was almost frantic, and was with difficulty kept from jumpiDg after him. The cutter after some time got off, and was taken to Turner's Bay for repairs.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 9662, 2 November 1882, Page 2
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130DEATH BY DROWNING AT THE FRENCH PASS. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 9662, 2 November 1882, Page 2
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