THREE LIVES LOST SAD DROWNING FATALITY AT SEATOUN
HUSBAND, WIFE AND CHILD A distressing fatality occurred at Seatoim tliis afternoon, resulting in the death of Mr. W. M. Ham, an employee of the Gas Company, his wife and child. Details are vague, but it appears that during the morning Mr. and Mrs. Ham. aad their son, aged about four, who were spending their holiday at the seaside, accompanied by a male Mend, said to be Mr. Potter, went out for, a row in an open boat, which capsized, throwing all the .occupants into the water. « The " only person saved was Mr. Potter, who was brought round after about an hour and a-half's strenuous exertion by Dr. Herbert. The bodies of the other ' three had not been recovered wheirThe^ Post went to press.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 5, 28 February 1913, Page 8
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132THREE LIVES LOST SAD DROWNING FATALITY AT SEATOUN Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 5, 28 February 1913, Page 8
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