ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED
FALL INTO SCHOOL SWIMMING BATHS WHILE TRESPASSING ON GROUNDS (By Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, This Day. A verdict that deceased was accidentally drowned in the Marsden School bathing pool when trespassing in the school grounds, was returned by the coroner, Mr Gilbertson, at the inquest on Fiank William Penhey. The boy’s father said he thought the school authorities were in no wav to blame and he paid a tribute to Miss Joan Stevens, a teacher, for her efforts in recovering the body. He said the boy could not swim.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 25 November 1936, Page 5
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