GIRLS DROWNED
RIVER TRAGEDY AT RIVERTON. (Per Press Association —Copyright). INVERCARGILL, Jan. 17. Two young girls were drowned in the Apariiha river, Riverton, early this afternoon. They were: — Joyce Smith, aged 16, whose parents live in Dunedin; and Marjorie Corbett, aged 16)-. A party of 12 girls from the St. Vincent Orphanage, of the Dunedin. Convent of Mercy, were spending the holiday at Riverton. The girls were drowned near the bridge on. the main road, at a point where the # bathing pool shelves sharply. ;. As she stepped into the deep water when paddling, Joyce Smith seized the legs of d 'Riverton girl, who was bathing. She shook herself free and_ tried to hold Joyce Smith, but she disappeared. - „ • The clothes of Marjorie Corbett were found on the bank, and- although her movements were not seen, it is thought that she went to the assistance of Joyce Smith and got into difficulties. ‘ Joyce Smith’s body was found late this evening. Marjorie Corbett’s was found, but cannot be recovered until the morning.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1940, Page 6
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