ATTEMPTING TO SAVE HIS OIL LAUNCH.
(EI TELEGnAPH,—PRESS, ASSOCIATION.)
: . ■ ' .-: WAJIGANUI,. 19th June. ' Mr. H.-'.y.; Duignah, manager of the Wanganui "Herald" and one of the best itnown local men, lost' his'life'in the flooded river,to-night. In order to make his. oil launch safe'lie. put off in,a dinghy, which capsized. 'Mr. Duignan,-.i-wlib was an excellent1 s\yimmer,,had a foot; caughtin a rope, and'was drowned. ;-The body/ was recovered. .; Deceased-.was proininent in musical and dramatic circles, was leader of the.Motor Launch Club, and ah entliusiast\-generally in public affairs. He was: well'known in Masonic circles, being a ;past master of Lodge Tongariro r The news of his death has caused widespread regret. '.-■■.- ''.''" I
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 145, 20 June 1924, Page 8
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