THE LATE MELANCHOLY DROWNING ACCIDENT AT RAGLAN.
. The InQuest. 'AN*ittquest was held on the' 26th 1 iu'stf., before Mr W. Powell, J.P.,' acting coroner, and a jury, upon the body of 'Minna Lavor, who was drowned on [Sunday, the 24th inst, , - ' M^ AUanGjjimour \vas,c|ipsen*iprema3 of the jury. Arthur Wallis, being duly sworn, said : On Sunday last between one and two o'clock, I w;as in a boat accompanied by* my""iistersV Gertrude; 'Edith' ! and jWinifred, my brothers Thomas, Ernest, Jabez and William ; also Miss Minna ikver. We were returning home, from chucch at Raglan. ,When ( opposite Mr Gilm'durV store, I wanted' to' gibe' the'sail, Iso I .told (two of the occupants to ( change to^he bthfr sid^bf'ttie'te' 'slfildW 1 ' "time toichange the sail the boat went "oVer. \;I f saw the occupants struggling in tn"e v yHWr, thd>used' by »,best { endeav6ursj ' ™ saye ■■ as ipany *I~ could. I t)laced* ; one of nSy*slst©sto% tSe%&fß ;.^h^etheif. t . 'Ihel^iripSy arms. "'At .that time I saw* nQ;B>lto ke&xbept H( > GertirifdeK^Erife^, TOifr^WilJipf l ;^^
the iccident my brother wthwd^|aeßS ted JTome of the occupants TtoMraro itKeJI , othdr siaa«*^wat.^m^P||#^ had done so a sudden. guest bJVivind.catae : andjalmost overtiiVne'd^fhe' T Fodt. J l Most of the ot|wi'3Jcoiinants tixensrxmhti'ioAhfr othtrsidb'dftnb boat, drfd 1 at'" life* Strife* instaut the sail ca P* sized. I went under water, and on coming Wpas'welL'as 1 tfie^debease'di caxfght J> hold of the, ke^l, ofj;tilie boat, t the bnly "person I'saw at the time. The" boat rolled over, and we both lost our h014.-'."WK6nf'l ! came*td^the''*surWde ! Minna Layer was then^a.few,^ yards Irom me.} I swain tojh.ejr^yu^b,e,^augjhi,hold of iijy cob^F ivyitifei:iiaKi^Lhema.QHftJ - the,- boat someone -.qougl)^, hold of my S Heff underneath the water. Tlie increased wiifcfiWttfeWW&TuiaSfta Wfarilft>iA ? came up I exh V ste S U and«f|o^t«d , suutil I was rescued by Mr R. rhilps and Mr(R. Galvija^ rt Had tke requested to go to, I do,qpt#ipk the boat worild have capsized._ I do. not .think the _ ' ( «^g«fWffr««myT^^««l^ incompetency onfctiheSfiart ofnmy/^rother Arthur. Hone Kdrukji dep"osed[tq t the finding pff thefbody. I The jury -(returned, a verdict , to. > tjhe effect that the deceased, Minna Layers, ) mci her death by downing/ through the ' accidental overturning of a boat in the Raglan Harbour.— (Own Correspondent).
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Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1636, 30 December 1882, Page 2
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360THE LATE MELANCHOLY DROWNING ACCIDENT AT RAGLAN. Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1636, 30 December 1882, Page 2
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