VERDICT AT INQUEST
FATAL UNDER WATER SWIM CORONER’S WARNING (By Telegraph—Press Association) BLENHEIM, This Day. Evidence at the inquest into Edward Henry Alger, aged 29 years, single, a civil servant, who met his death at the municipal swimming baths, disclosed that he had covered a distance of 60 yards under-water, without a rest or renewing his breath. Medical opinion was that deceased completely exhausted himself and was overtaken by semi-consciousness and filled his lungs with water. > The coroner, Mr E. J. Hill, returned a verdict of drowning, issuing a warning against swimmers attempting such feats without adequate training and expert supervision.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 16 December 1936, Page 11
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101VERDICT AT INQUEST Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 16 December 1936, Page 11
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