SEEN DRIFTING
STRONG EBB TIDE
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) HAMILTON, This Day. ! Tho bodies of \V. 11. Lomas (19) and Norman Arnold (S), who aro thought to have been drowned as the result of a small boat capsizing on the upper reaches of Eaglau Harbour yesterday, have not yet been recovered. Tlio body of Percy Nelson was washed, up on Ocean. Beach last night. In the afternoon the party was seen drifting round tho lower reaches of the harbour, and apparently they were caught in the strong ebb tide and drifted over the bar. The three left Raglan at 10 o.'clock j yesterday morning in a small hired boat on a fishing expedition. Fears for their safety were felt; in the evening when they did not return.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 120, 23 May 1931, Page 15
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SEEN DRIFTING
Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 120, 23 May 1931, Page 15
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