BOATING FATALITY.
FOUR LIVES LOST. (Press Association.J ROTORUA, November 23: About four o'clock yesterday afternoon a boating accident occurred on Lake Rotorua whereby four lives were lost. A party of seven were returning jn a.sailing boat from Mokoia Island, when a gust capsized the craft. The four occupants sank very shortly. Herbert Webb, 40, plumber, his wife about 35, his daughter Phyllis 13 and Moses Edmonston 39, a carpenter lost their lives. The other occupants clung to the boat until rescued. One of them, Ridley was greatly exhausted. Only Edmondston's body has been recovered so far. Webb leaves two sons 10 and 11 respectively. Edmonston leaves a widow but no children.
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Northern Advocate, 24 November 1914, Page 2
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