WELLINGTON BOATING FATALITY.
STATEMENT BY THE SURVIVOR.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
•WELLINGTON, this day.
An inquest concerning the deaths of William Ham, Ellen Ham, and Sydney Ham, victims of the drowning fatality at Seatoun, was held to-day.
Captain Cameron, master of the Pateena, stated that when the steamer was leaving Wellington on the 28th tilt. he saw a capsized boat near Pinnacle Rocks. A boat in charge of the second officer was sent to the scene, and picked up a man in an exhausted condition. They were informed that three others had been drowned.
William Potter, the rescued man, stated that' he went fishing in a small boat in company with Mr. and Mrs. Ham and their child. Whilst the anchor was being hauled up witness heard a scream, and the boat immediately capsized. Ham and witness tried to right the boat and to help Mrs. Ham (who had a child in her arms), but they were unsuccessful.
A verdict of "accidental drowning" was returns*.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 57, 7 March 1913, Page 5
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