ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
DROWNING OF A YOUNG WOMAN. - (By Tcleuraph.—Press Association.) Wanganui, February 11. : _ The body of. the young' woman, the victim ..of tho. unfortunate. drowning fatality last night, : was discovered this morning close fa>.'ithe shore! where "tho, boat. was beached after the accident. She was clinging to the boat when it touched land, but' when the rescue party went to-assist her ashore she. had disappeared, and the night being dark! they failed,to' .rescue her.
THE NEW BRIGHTON CASE. : ' Christchurch, February 10. ; The inquest on; tho body of Robert Lee threw no; fresh light on the New Brighten" drowning . wise'., ! One Witness stated .that non-swimmers frequently got out . of their depth :qn the; beach, and; trusted to breakers to bring them ill. ;
A wharf labourer- named J.\ North, a married man, was ' admitted to the hospital at'a late .hoar'.last night, suffering from an injury to Ms groin,-'odd to liavo beon sustained while working, on the steamer Star of ; Canada;lyincv in th». stream. North resides at 21 Cambridge Terrace. v- ' ■
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 740, 12 February 1910, Page 5
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