DROWNED IN SURF
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
DTJNEDIN, 6th February. A fatality occurred at St. Kilda beach this afternoon, when a nino-year-old boy, William Kerr, was drowned in the surf. There are safety .zones marked on the beach by flags, but many of. the bathers had ignored them, and ■ were bathing in a rather dangerous rip. The boy evidently got into difficulties and was carried out to sea. A life-line was quickly manned, but the first two men to go out could not find'the boy. The body was then seen floating about 300 yards out, and two yipiing men'went out, one bringing in the1; body. Life was found to be ex-, tinctj'and the body was taken to the morgrie.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 32, 7 February 1930, Page 14
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118DROWNED IN SURF Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 32, 7 February 1930, Page 14
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