BOATING FATALITY.
MAN DROWNED IN SURF. NEW PLYMOUTH, Dec. 9. Falling out of a flat-bottomed boat in the surf at Fitzroy Beach yesterday, Percy Samuel Haskell, a labourer, of Smart Road, was drowned. The boat, containing Haskell, Thomas Edwin Lester, and Harold Norman Berntsen, was nearing the shore when a large breaker threw up the stern, in which Haskell was sitting. Haskell was thrown forward, and fell overboard. Another wave threw <he boa? ashore. ~ The other two men saw Haskell stand up in the water up to his chest He called for help, and almost immediately disappeared. The boat was again launched, and the vicinity searched, but the body has not yet been found. Haskell was 42 years of sge married, with four child re a.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19281210.2.26
Bibliographic details
Grey River Argus, 10 December 1928, Page 5
Word Count
126BOATING FATALITY. Grey River Argus, 10 December 1928, Page 5
Using This Item
Copyright undetermined – untraced rights owner. For advice on reproduction of material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.