BOY DROWNED.
COMPANIONS UNABLE TO SWIM. While bathing in the Sclwyn river yesterday morning, in Company with two other boys, Ronald George Wilson, of Gould's road, Bprilig*ton, Was drowned. It appears that Wilson, who Wat a good swimmer, had a soiziiro of nnnie 86ft and sank. Itil companions, bring unable to swim, sent for assistance some distance away. Helpers came and recovered the body from eight feet of water. Artificial respiration was tried for two hours, until the arrival of a doctor, who declared that the boy was dead.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18919, 7 February 1927, Page 8
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