BROWNING OF A BOY.
CORONER'S COMMENTS. CONDUCT OF NEARBY PEOPLE. [BY TELEGRAPH.— press association.] NELSON. Wednesday. The inquest concerning the death of , Edward Burton, a 13-year-old boy, who was drowned while surf-bathing at Tahma on November 19, was concluded to-day. A verdict of accidental drowning was returned, no blame being attachable to anybody. The coroner, Mr. J. S. Evans, • S.M., highly commended the action of Oliver Burton; an 11-year-old lad, who 1 was bathing with deceased, and who made strenuous efforts to save him. The ' coroner added that appalling indifference ' or unaccountable ignorance had been • shown by several other persons, who were • at or near the scene of the fatality, not, > however, amounting to criminal negligence.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17935, 1 December 1921, Page 6
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