FATAL BOATING ACCIDENT.
A MAN DROWNED. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.! Wellington, Tuesday. The body of a young man named James McCallum, who went yachting yesterday, has been found at Day's Bay. on the opposite ride of the harbour The deceased's parents reside at Kaiwarra, and he was a brother to the McC'a-lluin injured in the Shelley Bay explosion. The boat was purchased in Auckland a few months ago. and was half-decked, about 30 feet long, with 8 feet beam. Later. From further particulars to hand, it appears that McCallum was accompanied by John Davis and a boy named John McGregor. When the boat reached Day's Bay. McCallnra and McGregor put off in a small flat bottomed punt, which soon afterwards capsized. McCallum lost his hold, and was drowned, but McGregor clung to the boat till it floated ashore.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 9013, 19 October 1892, Page 5
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