CASUALTIES.
TWO CHILDREN DROWNED Gisborne, Fe«j. A drowning fatalitv at Kaiteratahi late this afternoon resulted in • the death of two children, Zona | May Lasker, seven years, and WilI liam Lasker, eight years. The t father, C. Lasker, is the forema.. lof the freezing chamber of the Poverty Bay Meat Worts -n# said i that the children was accompanied ; by a Maori boy named Waaka. They were sent at 4.30 to the store for bread. About 5 p.m. Waaka arrived, and told a' lad named Cameron that the two Lasker children went in to bathe and never came up. He saw bubbles arising on the surface. The alarm was given and a number of persons dived for the bodies, which were recovered at .5.30 p.m. Artificial respiration was applied, but to no avail.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 47, 7 February 1920, Page 6
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