Young Man Drowned.
BOY SCRAMBLES ASHORE.
[BY TELEGRAPH —PItESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, last night. Herman Poll, aged twenty-three, a carpenter, was drowned in the Walcamarina river, Marlborough, yesterday. He was engaged in building a pontoon at the Golden Point dredge. While returning to the shore the boat was capsized by the current, and Poll was swept away. A lad named Francis Houghey, who was in the boat, scrambled ashore. e
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 30, 5 February 1901, Page 2
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