THE GREYMOUTH TRAGEDY
INQUEST ON THE VICTIMS.
(II TII.IGIUPH.—fMII AIIOCIATtOII.)
GREYMOUTH, 4th March. The adjourned inquest into the death of the six victims of the surf tragedy at -Bl^Uetown beach during the Reefton picnic on Bth February- was held before Mr. F. H. Kilgour (acting-ooroner) and a jury of four. After evidence on the lines previously published, the jury returned a verdict of accidentally drowned, and expressed condolence with the relatives. .: The coroner said it waS-time something was done to v safeguard visitors to the beach from its hidden danger*, and he would recommend the Borough.Council and the Harbour Board to attend to this need speedily. "I might say I am satisfied," said the coroner, "that the parson who stole the lifeline was partly respcmsible for the deaths of those Bis people."-
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 54, 6 March 1922, Page 7
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132THE GREYMOUTH TRAGEDY Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 54, 6 March 1922, Page 7
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