DEATH BY DROWNING
WMtiTSG BY CORONER At an inquest regarding the death of Vernon Jolly Polwart, clerk, aged 2-7 years, of Lower Hutt, whose death followed the capsize of a yacht in Wellington Harbour on March 17, the coroner, Mr: W. H. Mellish, returned a verdict that the cause of death was accidental drowning.
It was almost certain, said Mr. Mellish, tliat if life-jackets had been worn ill this case a tragedy would have been averted.
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Hutt News, Volume 20, Issue 16, 10 April 1946, Page 2
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