DROWNED IN CREEK
DINGHY CAPSIZES. B? Telegraph.— press association. Auckland, September 13. William Frederick Jones (aged 47) was drowned this afternoon in Whau Creek, New Lynn, through the capsizing of a 7ft. dinghy, which was being used for the first time. His brother, Herbert Jones, clung to the overturned ’ boat and was pluckily rescued by Oswald McMillan. William Jones intended to sail for Sydney by the Marama to-day, but subsequently changed his mind and visited his brother instead.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 291, 4 September 1926, Page 6
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78DROWNED IN CREEK Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 291, 4 September 1926, Page 6
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