BOATING FATALITY.
A YOUNG MAN .DROWNED. [BT TELEGRAPH — X'HEaS ASSOCIATION.] NELSON, This Day. A boating accident occurred near T«kaka on Friday night, us the result of which a. young lua-n named Albert Bang lost liis life. The deceased and others went oft" to the steamer Waiwa to bring a pu&scngcr, MLss (ludlicld, Jiwhoro. Whfii crcssing tlic river bar the boat c,« psized. Tho young man lladfleld .viynm aslioro with his hifiti-r, and Churlts llobevlson, another occupant, lvgamud the ovciturned boat, liul, Dung Mvam in the wiong direction, and f.iilcd to roach tlio .shpu;. Tho liody baa not yet been recovered. The deceased wa.s a native ot Denmark. an-1 bad been eight yenw in Now ZaaIf in], no v<is employed at « sjwmill at Awiiroa, ami Jpavw ;v widow and a. young finnily.
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Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 151, 27 June 1904, Page 5
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131BOATING FATALITY. Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 151, 27 June 1904, Page 5
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