SAVED FROM DROWNING.
BOAT SWAMPS WITH FAMILY.
ANOTHER.IN WATER TWO HOURS
(By-Telegraph.—Press Association)
PALMERSTON N., this day. ;
Mr T Downing and his wife and three children, aged 16, 9 and 5 years, had a narrow escape. from drowning in the Manawatu River yesterday afternoon. TheV were rowing in a'flat-bottomed boat when one -of the oars broke. Hie boat' drifted ■on■ to a submerged snag and filled rapidly the occupants scrambling on to a snag and being finally rescued by means of a rope and rait. Mrs. Dowling.was in the water, for two hours before being safely landed on the bajilc.,.,' • ~ , , • ■•• ■ .■•• ::
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 28, 3 February 1930, Page 10
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100SAVED FROM DROWNING. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 28, 3 February 1930, Page 10
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