DROWNED IN RIVER
MAN THROWN BY HORSE (Por Press Association.) WHANGAREI, this day. Mr. George Beatty, aged 21, was drowned when trying to swim a horse across the Mangakahia River yesterday. The horse, which was only partly broken in, began playing up and threw Mr. Beatty, w.ho evidently was struck on the head. The deceased, a fine stamp of a young man, 6ft tall and weighing 13.0. had been accepted for the Air Force.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20487, 22 February 1941, Page 9
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74DROWNED IN RIVER Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20487, 22 February 1941, Page 9
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