CHILDREN DROWNED
A PITIFUL TRAGEDY. [Per United Press Association,] WHAKATANE, January 28. A sad drowning accident occurred yesterday, when Hayden Ansell, aged ten years, and Carl Orerncr, aged eight, lost their lives. They were out in a boat in the river near the freezing works. It is surmised that the boat got adrift, and in their alarm they jumped overboard to (jet ashore, Neither could swim, and the inevitable happened. No one saw the accident. The bodies were recovered by the police at 4 this morning.
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Evening Star, Issue 18543, 28 January 1924, Page 6
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86CHILDREN DROWNED Evening Star, Issue 18543, 28 January 1924, Page 6
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