GIRL LOST IN QUICKSAND.
A MAN'S CALLOUSNESS. "I should like lt to be publicly known that a person who calls himself a man refused to assist my wife when my little child might have been saved," said the father of Gladys Cheesman, at the inquest. She was aged three, and was drowned while paddling. It was stated that the tide was out ana the child stepped from water only a few Inches deep Into a quicksand over 3ft deep. A boy aged 12 dragged her unconscious out of the water. The mother said: "I carried my chlia twelve yards, and asked a man to help. He replied: Take lt up tbe beach and pump the water ont of It.' With that he walked away." The coroner observed: "I don't like to condemn a man In bis absence; but, as stated by the father, it is surprising to believe that any right-minded man would do such a thing." In returning a verdict of death by misadventure, tbe jury urged that warning notices shonld be placed on the beach.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 180, 1 August 1925, Page 23
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