THREE YOUNG MEN DROWNED.
ACCIDENT AT GREYMOUTH. MOTOR LAUNCH SWAMPED ON BAR. (Per Press Association.) GREYMOUTH, March 13. A sad boating' fatality occurred th's evening, .when three young men, named William Winterburn, John Carley,. and John Debakker, were drowned whilst trying to cross the Grey bar in an oil launch. The sea was fairly rough. When half-way across they attempted to return, when the boat swamped. One of the men clung to an oar for some tim:\ and the tug went out, but he disappeared before he could be reached.
The affair caused quite a gloom, as the young men were well known. Their ages ranged from 20 to 25 years. Thero is no trace of the bodies, but the boat has been, washed up on tho beach.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 9165, Issue 9164, 14 March 1910, Page 5
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