MISHAP IN POVERTY BAY.
WASHED OVERBOARD FROM BOAT. COMPANION'S BRAVE EFFORT. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) GISBORNE, this day. A young fisherman, Alexander Nelson (20), was washed overboard from his boat off Turihaua Beach, and though his companion, Reginald Hart, made a gallant effort at rescue Nelson was drowned. He was hampered by the fact that he was wearing two pairs of trousers and heavy gum boots.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 93, 20 April 1932, Page 3
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