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PICTON, February 27. An accident occurred last nigin in tin Sounds by which a lad named iticliari 1 Coster, aged 19, lost his life. He wato Picton from Kenepuru, and in the ac of lilting a bucket of water on boan' tvlien li«« slipped overboard. He neve) was seen again. Search parties wen: out immediately, but with no success. There are numerous sharks in the vicinity. WAIROA, February 27.' Neils Lar-ien. who was engaged rafl iiig posts down the Opoiti river, wafouno by one of his mates dead, fair down, in shallow water. Deceased \v»v subject to fits. WELLINGTON. February 27. A young man named Ernest Pacey was drowned while surf bathing at Levin lasl evening.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8162, 27 February 1905, Page 3
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117DROWNED Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8162, 27 February 1905, Page 3
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