Six Drowned at Sydney Seaside Resort

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 75, 30 March 1936, Page 7

Six Drowned at Sydney Seaside Resort

TWO NEW CARS RUN OFF JETTY United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Kecoivod Sunday, 9.59 p.m. SYDNEY, March 29. Six adults were drowned early this morning at the seaside resort o, DavTStown, near vvoy Woy, wheu two brand ucw seuau cars containing oignt persons ran on the end or tne jerny and piunged into wnat is Known as .onsbaiie Water. Two men smashed a car winuow and managed to escape, but six were trapped. Those who pensnea were: David Missmgham and ms wile; Douy Curtain wno was a friend ot tne Missmghams; George Boulton, ol Uamoerdown; Mrs Aitchcson, ot Manly; and Hunter Youll, oi Mosman. Death Plunge Into Snark-infcsted Water LEAN AND WOMAN ESCAPE Received Monday, 1.30 a.m. SYDNEf, March 29. The victims of the Davistown drownings were; David Missingham, aged 50, of Bondi; his wile, Rebecca, aged 34; Irene Curtain, aged 35; George Boulton, aged b 9, of Camperdown; Mrs Lois Acheson, aged 34, of Manly; and Hunter Yiuli, of Mosinan. The two who escaped were Otto Lingham, aged 37, of Manly, and Miss Eve Stevveds, aged 23, of Mosman. Yuill was driving the leading car, the visibility being bad owing to a heavy mist. He failed to notice that the road ended at the water’s edge, from which projected the jetty. He attempted to stop but was too late. The car following, driven by Missingham, colUded with the rear of Yuill’s car and both plunged into twelve feet of shark-infested water.

Lingham and Miss Stevveds, who were riding in Yuill’s car, were rescued by the local postmaster and his son, who heard a woman’s screams and put out in a rowing boat. Both cars with the bodies were raised to-day by means of block and tackle.