BOATING FATALITIES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2588, 12 February 1889, Page 2

BOATING FATALITIES.

-0, [BY TEl.KUnArll. — i'KKSS ASSOCIATION - . J (iHKYJIOL'TH, Monday. Two men were drowned at Lake Drunner on Saturday. There were MX ill a sailing boat, and w.ien Th >mas Tnckey, of.Notown was pulling a rope, attached to iho must, the boat capsized, and all were thrown inlo th ; water. Tnckey and John Mnlloy, of Lake l.runuer v.v.nt down, and were seen no more. I'.-.ith could iwiin well, and it is supposed lhat thi-.y were, eua-ied down in the boat, and struck on the head. The other four, who could not swim, were rescued by another boat coming by. The bodies were not found. Mu11..-/ was a youth of 10, the son of a settler at the Lake who not long ago lost another son, by a bush accident, Ni'.w Plymouth, Monday. A boat accident oceurred at Waitara yestoday. Four men named iioodwin, Amiiiui-Min, Iv'iliv and Teller went out li-ilutif, and in coining into t.he river nbout two o'clock the. boat was capsized by the surf. Coodwin swam ashore, Reilly was picked :ip swimming ashore, Ammurs<ei got entangled with the gear of the, boat, and was saved by a party who went to his assistance. Teller was drowned, and his liody was picked up an hour after tho accident, Te.lfer was a well-known blacksmith.