TWO MEN DROWNED.
.*> CAPSIZE OF A BOAT. FOUR OTHERS RESCUED. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. A boat capsized in Porirua Harbour yesterday afternoon and two of the; occupants were drowned. It contained six young men, who were crossing the harbour. The accident was witnessed by Mr William Mills, who rowed to the! • rescue and saved four. The other two, John Newburn, agefcl 23, and J. R. Masterton, aged 18, could not be found, though four launches searched for them. ANOTHER FATAL CAPSIZE. WELLINGTON, This Day. Mr J. L. Johnston, a young Wellington men, was drowned at Lake Ferry, Wairarapa, last night by thfih capsizing of a launch.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 49, Issue 68, 31 December 1928, Page 4
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