WORKMAN DROWNED
BARGE OVERTURNS
(P.A.) DUNEDIN, Jan. 17. Entangled in a rope after being flung from a capsizing gravel barge at the Wainori dam on Saturday, Mr. Francis William Carroll Shuthowski, aged 33, also known as Frank White, was, drowned. The barge overturned and sank forthwith, but all the other workmen were pulled out. When the deceased’s body was recovered it was found that the rope had fouled both his legs.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21305, 18 January 1944, Page 4
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71WORKMAN DROWNED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21305, 18 January 1944, Page 4
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