DEATH WHILE BATHING
FATALITY AT FRENCH BAY YOUNG WOMAN'S COLLAPSE A fatality occurred at French Bay, Titirangi, on Saturday afternoou when M iss May Balle, aged 21, of Pukekohe, collapsed while in the water. Miss Balle, who was a nurse employed by Mr. W. F. Bull, Canadian Trade Commissioner, who lives at Park Road, Titirangi, had entered the water with two children of Mr. Bull's and had remained with them in the shallow part of the beach for about two hours.
The girl was then seen to fall forward on her face in 2ft. of water and she was brought ashore by Mr. Bull and Constable N. Lean, the latter immediately applying artificial respiration. Dr. B. Warnock, of Avondale, who was called, found, however, that Miss Balle was dead. ....
An inquest xvill be held at 9 a.m to-day before Mr. Js\ K. Hunt, 5.M.,,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19380207.2.53
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22956, 7 February 1938, Page 8
Word Count
144DEATH WHILE BATHING New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22956, 7 February 1938, Page 8
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in