TWO BROTHERS DROWNED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
(by TELEGRAPH.— association.] Wellington, Thursday. A BAD drowning accident occurred near Masterton, on New Year's Day. Two lads named Walter and Reuben Harris, agod nine and seven, sons of Mr. Walter Harris, a well-known settlor, went out rabbit hunting after breakfast. As they did nob return to tea search was made and thoir clothes were found on the bank of the Waipoaa River. A hole in the river was dragged, and both bodies were recovered about midnight. From marks on the bodies it is evident that one of the lads was in danger of drowning and the other little fellow going to his roscue was pulled under and the two were drowned.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10018, 3 January 1896, Page 5
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