Four Chch drownings
Four of the six drownings in New Zealand last month occurred in or near Christchurch. “It was the worst month for drownings we have had here for years,” said Mrs Jackie Clarke, of Christchurch, the deputy chairman of the Water Safety Council. One child drowned in a bucket of water; another drowned in the Heathcote River; a man was drowned in the Avon River? and a woman
drowned in a jet-boating accident ' on the Waimakariri River. Mrs Clarke said the Water Safety Council was. concerned about the figures for Christchurch. “It hits you when you realise that two-thirds of the drownings last month were in our area. We have to make people more aware of the dangers, especially parents with young children," said Mrs Clarke.
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