TWO MEN DROWNED.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 126, 4 June 1910, Page 5

TWO MEN DROWNED.

[press association.]

OAMARU, June 4

A drowning accident occurred yesterday by which two men named Robert Finlayson, a settler at Redcliffs, and D. Byers, employed in a bank aft Waimate, lost their lives., A shooting-party of eight were out' on the Waitaki River, and were crossing to an island in a boat when the latter capsized. All the occupants were thrown into the water, which was deep and was running swiftly at the place. Six managed to get into a spit after being carried down the river about 500 yards. The two who were drowned were carried down the riverj and were not seen again. Search parties have discovered no trace of the bodies. j