DROWNED IN SURF.
FATALITY AT HOKITIKA.
HOKITIKA, November 24.
John Campbell, single, aged 18, was. drowned while surfing on the Hokitika beach this afternoon. His parents live at Hokitika.
Campbell was rescued within a few minutes, but efforts at resuscitation proved unavailing. He was removed to the Westland Hospital and placed in the “iron lung” • respirator, but this treatment also was unsuccessful.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 38, 25 November 1940, Page 2
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