FIVE PRIESTS DROWNED.
TRAGEDY IN OTTAWA RIVER.
OVERLOADED BOAT UPSET.
(Received September 2, 5.5 p.m.)
OTTAWA, Sept. 1
A message from Eardley, Quebec, says five Dominican priests, who were spending their vacation at a summer camp, were drowned when an apparently overloaded rowing boat was overturned in a heavy swell in the Ottawa River. A sixth priest swam safely to shore, but was unable to save his companions.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20968, 3 September 1931, Page 9
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