DROWNING FATALITY.
YOUTH UNABLE TO SWIM
Per Press Association
GISBORNE, Sept. 22. At the inquest to-day concerning the death of Roy Pearson, aged 17, a son of Mrs S. J. Pearson, who was drowned at Kaiti beach on Sunday through a dinghy capsizing, the evidence showed that the three occupants were thrown into the water about 200 yards from the shore. Deceased con'd not swim.
The Coroner, Mr Harper, S.M., returned a verdict of accidental death, and said that he would like to commend the two survivors, Victor Gilbert Pearson, a brother of deceased, and John Campbell Morris, a brother-in-law, on the steps they took to rescue deceased.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 255, 23 September 1930, Page 4
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108DROWNING FATALITY. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 255, 23 September 1930, Page 4
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