THREE MEN DROWNED.
By Telegraph-Preu Auocktion. Intercakoill, Satuijjtey. Threo miners named Aleßftder Sutherland, Peter Cameron, and • James Cromarty, were drowned at Coal Island goldfield, yestorday.y They were crossing from the Island to Puysegnr lighthouse,'for mails, when the boat oapsizedabout eighty yards from the shore. The kelp growing from the rooks, and the heavy surf, rendered swimming difficult. A fourth occupant managed to reach the shore after being in < water over an hour, and making desperate efforts to save Cameron, J
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5012, 29 April 1895, Page 2
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80THREE MEN DROWNED. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5012, 29 April 1895, Page 2
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