CANOE FATALITY
THAMES, Aug. 22. A drowning accident occurred in the Waihou River yesterday afternoon. Two boys. Roger Kent, aged 12, and Colin Nicholson, aged 14, went sailing in a canoe. Some time afterwards the canoe capsized and the boys were seen in difficulties. Another boy, Kaels Watene, secured a small boat and went to their rescue. He reached Nicholson who attempted to scramble aboard but overturned the boat. Hearing calls for help, a settler Mr W. S. Gray, and a boy, Eddie Watene, a brother of Kaels Watene, rushed to the boys assistance. They managed Lo rescue Nicholson and Watene, both in a state of exhaustion, but Kent had disappeared. Dragging of the river by police was continued until dark without success,
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Grey River Argus, 23 August 1949, Page 5
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