ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES
BOY DROWNED. DISAPPEARED WHLIE CROSSING RIVER. v iPress Association.; NELSON, Jan. 13. Benjamin Arthur Griffin, 16, son of Mr. A. R. Griffin, Nelspn,.. was drowned in the Motueka River at Ngatimoti yesterday while - swimming In attempting, to cross, the river, which is about 40 yards wide, without a rest on. the bridge pier, in the .middle., he got into difficulties, and disappeared. The body.was found near the point of his sinking about 20 minutes .afterwards, , • -
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11833, 14 January 1933, Page 2
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