CHRISTMAS FATALITIES.
TWO LITTLE GIRLS DROWNED AT
WANGANUI,
(By Telegraph—Own Correspondent)
WANGANUI, this day.
Two little girls aged about 7, a halfcaste and a Maori, were drowned on Christmas Day in the river, half-a-mile from the town bridge. The Maori girl fell off a stone protection wall and the other child tried to save her. A native named Takakarangi jumped ,in after both and reached them, but failed to bring them ashore. The body of one was recovered on Sunday.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 300, 28 December 1897, Page 5
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