LOST OVERBOARD

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22823, 2 September 1937, Page 10

LOST OVERBOARD

FALL FEOM A LAUNCH RETURNED SOLD!ER DROWNED BOY'S VAIN RESCUE EFFORT -M i: Ma [BY TELF.GKAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] >' ( FOXIOX, Wednesday , • A one-armed returned soldier, Mr, Wilson Angus McPhaii, married, aged f| 41 years, fell overboard from the x fish- • ing launch Ngaio shortly after the v*v -I: sel moored at Manawatu Heads : i,his 1 afternoon and was drowned. Mr. McPhaii was stated to have num. ' boots on. A lad, Allan Sim, made a gallant attempt to save him by swim, ming out from the shore, but lost-his • V f| grip of Mr. McPhaii shortly after reach, ing him owing to the coldness of 'p the water. Mr. McPhaii then d;sap- '• peared. The body has not yet been recovered. The deceased leaves a wife and 10 children, the youngest being sir months, || old. • || SHEPHERD'S BOD? FOUND % | ATTEMPT TO CKOSS FORD [BY TKLKCKAI'H —PKKSS ASSOCIATION] HASTINGS, Wednesday An all-day search resulted in the find- l ,§ ing of the body late this afternoon of Mr. J. Hotter, a shepherd, aged about 25 years, who had been missing since vcstcrday from the Big Hill station, Maraekakaho, where he was employed. % The body was found a mile below the ford in a Hooded creek, which it is % believed he attempted to cross on his horse. It is assumed the animal | stumbled and threw him into the water. |