CLASPED TOGETHER.
TWO BOYS DROWNED.
TE AROHA TRAGEDY
BRAVE RESCUE EFFORT.
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)
TE AROHA, this day.
At Te Aroha on Sunday morning Sydney Pawson Clarke (12) and Frederick George Blackford (17), were drowned in the Waihou River. It appears that, in the company of Mr. Aitken, schoolmaster, Mr. Blackford, and Mr. Davey, tliey went for a swim. The men went in down stream and the boys stayed in the shallower portion, » comparatively safe place. Clarke was not a good swimmer, and got out of hie depth, and. Blackford, seeing the boy in difficulties, went to the rescue. Both boys were carried under. Aitken, who was a powerful swimmer, swam swiftly to the rescue, and, diving, succeeded in getting hold ot' the two boys, but his eti'orts to raise them to the surface were fruitless. After struggling till exhausted, he was compelled to relinquish hold of them. Constables Monson and Barnes commenced dragging operations, and quickly recovered the two boys. They were brought to the shore clasped in eacii other's arms. The fatality has cast a gloom over the district.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 25, 31 January 1927, Page 9
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