DROWNING FATALITY.
DEATH OF A YOUTH. Per Press Association. TE AWAMUTU, Jan. 21. Victor John Hall, aged 16, a son of G. W. Hall, of To Awamutu, was drowned this afternoon in the Mangapiko stream. A party of eight boys wont swimming, and after a quarter of an hour in tho water deceased was observed by on© of his companions to put his head down as though attempting to swim with his head below the surface. Before the danger was realised he disappeared. One boy dived immediately, but without result, and though' a search was maintained all the afternoon, the body was not recovered. The site of the fatality is a deep hole at the junction of two streams. It is full of sunken logs and is a treacherous place.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 45, 22 January 1926, Page 8
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130DROWNING FATALITY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 45, 22 January 1926, Page 8
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