SLIPPED INTO DEEP HOLE.
THE FATE OF A YOUTH. [EY TELEGK AI?H. —PP.ESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Moaday. A. youth., Harold Elsraore, aged 17, - -ho resided with his parents at Newman, was drowned in the Makakahi River yesterday afternoon. While %radir;g he slipped on a ledge into a hole 12ft deep. He could not swim. The lad's father rushed to his assistance but could not retain a hold on account of his son's struggles, and the boy sank. 'The body was recovered half an hour later.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19550, 1 February 1927, Page 10
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