THE LATE FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.
(BY TELEGRAPH,—OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
WAKKWORTH, this day. an inquest wus held this morning at the Court-house, Warkwortb, beforo Mr Angove, coroner, on the body of William Kempt, found drowned in the Mahurangi river. The verdict was that deceased was "accidentally drowned" by the capsizing of a boat through the main-sheet being fast. The lad that was with him clung to the bottom of the boat two hours and a hnlf before he was rescued, just in time to save him from a like fate.
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Auckland Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3559, 5 January 1882, Page 3
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