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MAN DROWNED OFF PAEKAKARIKI TWO OTHERS RESCUED FROM UNDER-TOW iP.A.) WELLINGTON, February 24. A man was drowned and a married couple had a narrow escape when caught by an undertow while swimming at Paekakariki beach this morning. The man drowned, whose body has not been recovered, was: Keith Venimore, aged about 30. married, who is believed to have lived at Tawa Flat. Wellington. The married couple were Mr and Mrs Charles Fenwick, of Ldwer Hutt. Mrs Fenwick managed to get ashore, and her husband was rescued by a lifeline. Mr Fenwick was taken by ambulance to the Wellington Public Hospital. •
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25738, 25 February 1949, Page 8
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