DROWNING FATALITY.
DEATH OP A SOLDIER WHILE ON FINAL LEAVE. (Per Press Association). GORE, September .11. A drowning fatality occurred in the Mataura river last night. Frederick Wallace, aged twenty years, accompanied by. Joseph Murray, both men on final leave from camp, were crossing the traffic bridge, when Wallace's hat was blown into the river. Wallace,proceeded down the gravel beach'to intercept the hat. r Ho waded in and was \ swept off his feet and.carried down the' 'bank, before assistance could be ren dered. The river is being dragged for. 1 the body, , <',' "'
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North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13975, 12 September 1917, Page 3
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92DROWNING FATALITY. North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13975, 12 September 1917, Page 3
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