TWO MEN DROWNED.
CAPSIZES ON WATRAU BAT. (By Telegraph—Press Association/, BLENHEIM, this day. A sad drowning fatality occurred on the Wairau Bar yesterday. William Aldridgo. jun., and Edward Collett, both single men, were crossing the bar coming inwards from Port Underwood in an oil launch. The sea was very rough on the bar, and the boat capsized in the breakers. Both men were drowned. The hodies were later washed up on the beach and recovered.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 166, 12 July 1912, Page 4
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