MAN DROWNED
BOAT CAPSIZES IN RIVER Dunedin, Oct. 2f | When a small flat bottomed bo; J caps ised in the Waipori river on Sat j urdav afternoon, its three occupant J were thrown into a deep hole whic j had been dredged for gravel, and Cuth belt Earl McKeag, of George stree ] Dunedin, married, aged 34, was drown I cd. The body was recovered later i Mr McKeag. together with A. J. Brace j girdle.and J. J. Pledger, both of whor j reside in Wilkie road, Dunedin, wen I on a shooting expedition and seeing j small boat went out in it on the Wal pori river. It capsized over dcei water and Mr McKeag was unable h i reach the bank. The other two ni«*j i succeeded in doing so.- P A. | -
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 27 October 1941, Page 2
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133MAN DROWNED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 27 October 1941, Page 2
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