A DROWNING FATALITY.

Grey River Argus, 21 December 1920, Page 6

A DROWNING FATALITY.

TIMAitU, Deccnijer 20. Jcxcjiiiali C'Gstei-iu, iicensec of the Waiiuatc Ilo^el, v aiiig'lc iutiu, i!ged 50 years, -was drowned in the \.iiiiao Kivcr yesterday , in iin 111^.,. [^ I a cuiiipanioii who fua i__o ■!„„ -\,ai.ur. I.U : '>-!, .•''!'. ; later; Jeremiah Costcllp ivas ii sing.c man, about 40 years of age, and, was barman at his brother s-hotel in W*iinatc.-.. He was drowned in the Vfrlihao River about five o'clock in the evening. There were seven persons in the boat, including E. J. Costello and his wife. Thonrp- ] son (a house painter), and the deccas- j ed Were sitting up at" the bow of the , boat. It is understood <that Thompson felt himsolf falling backwards, and ixrabbod Costello.'s eeat. pulling him in. Costello sank finally, after tlioso in tho boat had caught siglit ef his. feet and the crown of his Ticafl. as tho"** ~r\ once above tne water. Thompson had a. narrow escape, being pulled aboard after having gorJe down once or twice. • Tho^river was 32 or 14 feet deep at the spct arid was very tliiVk with -water hayofinth, this being a dea<v'l arm of theTivcr near tlT> mouth thorc■>t*. A party, lod by. mo poKco ,are ' , pfi?l (lrns-.<Tin<r for the faociv. It is n*i- f ( [ersfcocl that iljc deceased had a weak ai M