DROWNING ACCIDENT.
ENTANGLED IN A NET. [BT TELEGRAPH.™press ASSOCIATION.] iNTSROABOiit, Monday. Cecil Newman;, aged 30 rears, a single man, was drowned at Riverton beach on Sunday afternoon while netting for flounders. Those holding the shore end of the net let go, Newman became entangled, and owing to the breakers and the weight of his clothing, he failed to free himself. An effort at' rescue was made by a young man named Shirburd, who himself regained shore with difficulty.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14933, 5 March 1912, Page 7
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78DROWNING ACCIDENT. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14933, 5 March 1912, Page 7
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