DROWNING ACCIDENT.
[IST TELLGKAI'H.— ri(F^-> Av>Ol'l \TIO\\ J Wh \\(. \kf r, Monday. Tuhfk natives, named Ni Wite, Patu, and M.iki, tin* latter otherwise ktiown^ ai .John Williams, wrio cniving the Whingarei River in an oprn .sailing bo.it on Sunday, and when near One Tree Point a ■Hidden pust of wind capM/ed their craft. They clung to the Iwiat until the afternoon, when Patu and Maki dropped otf exhausted. Ka Wate was rescued by John Aena, a native, who was |u«sin{,' in a cutter, and *eemg Ka W.ite h hignal of di-jtre--":, rescued hiiii and found the body of Maki. The other lias not been recoveicd. Alaki's body was brought to Whangarei.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2067, 6 October 1885, Page 2
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111DROWNING ACCIDENT. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2067, 6 October 1885, Page 2
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