DROWNED IN MANAWATU
POWER BOARD FOREMAN. AN UNFORTUNATE PARTY.
GALLANT.'ATTEMPT AT RESCUE. fBX TELEGRAPH.— AJiSOCIATIOi?. ] ;; PALMERSTON NOETH. Sunday; ";>' A drowning fatality occurred at Karevs on Saturday, a single man, A. W. Park, 23 years of age, losing hist life, in the Manawatu River..;.;..,'; r ' Deceased was foreman, of a party employed ■■". by the Manawatu-Oroua Power Board getting .wire across: , the triver. A boat, containing deceased and a com-. panion, overturned ■: and, despite- the efforts of his men, Mr. Park was washed downstream. A search party numbering -. 25, was engaged to-day in dragging 'the river, but the body has so far not boen recovered. Great praise has been be; towed by tho board's engineer on an employee named Steer who made gallant efforts to save Mr. Park. ( This is the third accident to members of the gang this week. Mr. J. Proctor, who-was injured while getting poles from a truck, still lies in hospital in a dangerous condition. -
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18742, 23 June 1924, Page 6
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