SAD ACCIDENT.
BOY DROWNED AT SHELLY BEACH. A sad accident occurred yesterday afternoon at Shelly Beach, Ponsonby, by which a fine little boy, John Herbert Mason, aged 11 years, the son of Mr. John- Mason, hairdresser, of Duke-street, Ponsonby, lost his life by drowning. It appears that young Mason was about four o'clock p.m. down on Shelly Beach, at the reef, with some boys of his own age, for a stroll. The hat of a boy named Humbys blew off into the water, and was drifting out. Young Mason, who conld swim a little, went in for it, but was unablo to get back to the reef, sinking in the presence of his young companions, who could do nothing to rescue him, as none of them could swim. There were no grown-up persons in the vicinity. The body has not been recovered as yet, but the Water Police will commence dragging for it this morning.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6928, 31 January 1884, Page 5
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155SAD ACCIDENT. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6928, 31 January 1884, Page 5
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