DROWNED IN THE MOLYNEAUX.
[by. TELEGRAPH. —PRESS association.] " Dtjkbdin, Thursday.' A young man named James Schrick lost his life last night while/ attempting to cross the Molyneaux in a chair. He missed, his seat in the chair, as it moved from the staging, and hung on to the side of the box, until immediately over the .centre of the river, where he remained. About the time his call for help was heard, he let go his hold, and fell into the river. He floated some distance, and finally disappeared in a whirlpool about 200 yds from the scene of the accident. He was a native of Patearoa.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13750, 15 May 1908, Page 5
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