DROWNED WHILE FISHING.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 251, 23 October 1922, Page 7

DROWNED WHILE FISHING.

THE MANUKAU FATALITY. DOTH 130 DIE-: RECOVERED. T|,c Wγ. .if Mr. Andrew Carnegie (Janlinor. \.li.. wi;:i '.;t> twelve-year-old j"ui"'i:.'ri l'iio.-:i. «a- drowiii'.l 111 the M:ii~uk.iii' liar".--Mir ..'1 Tii-ir.-J.lv, through i:,,. -ma.! .liiighy in w!ii-!i tisev were i-aj.-izMV. "as j..iin,l al \\ a!KOw'hai I'av \<".-teiiiay morning. Th« body na- ilis!'o\.';r.'d by a. hum -limiin. iincl Mr. < llallev, wiili !':.■' :i-si-t:uico of some On.-!iuii{.'!'i t.n..ii -.■■nits w.o v,,-r.- camped ,„, the bea-Oi for iho week en.i. i>liic**a ii above !: ; .-:i water mark pending itremoval t.> ' 'nehunga. Shorth U-iorv n o'cUk'lc tins mirn\ng, a party on hoard Mr. launch, while "prooording oui nn a eruUe. discovered the l>-u!y "f tho t ':rl Kileen. lying on a mud bank on tho ..ppo.-iw fide to where her father was found. The members of the party w.T* unable to recover the deceased as tin- tide w.is coming in fast, but they reported the matter to the Onehunra police. Several constables were dispatched to tho seem', and expect to remove the body about 4 p.m. when the tide ebb*. Last evening the district eoror.er. Mr. D. A. Sutherland, opened an inquest, at •which evi.leino w.is given by Owen Tudor Mol.i'od. tiio Hues related by him in tbe "Star" on Saturday. Evidence was al.-i given by deceased's wife, IMarion Isabcile Gardiner, who stated that her husband and daughter left One3iunga beach about 10.43 a.m. i'or &n liour or so of tUliing. He had iUiied en the harbour on numerous occasions. He was a grocer by occupation and a Dative of Ltkkhart, Xmv South Wale?. Tho inquest was adjourned til! Tuesday. -c- _____——