BOATING FATALITY
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By Telegraph.—Press Aasn-yOopyrignt-MELBOURNE, Dedemfcer 29. Tflw Nagambio, near its junction with the tjoulburn river, was the aoeoe of a shocking tragedy -when a boat Oontainiog seven members of a picnic t&rtr oatMued. Aid five 'were cbownef. The deceased are John Edward Mit-' 1, Me wife, 'HSfa&D’;- hia •on, Edward; Gwendoline Forrest, and Emily Foriast. A southerly breeze made, the waiter lather Tough, and some of the party decided to alter their positions in ihe hoot, and this resulted in it capsizing. Only one of the paly. Baby Ricardo. Was able to swim. She reached the •bore «id gave the alarm. When helpers arrived Tit was found that the boat, to which Miss Dunoon, the only other person saved, had cktog. had drifted ashore. Three of the 'bodies have been '
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12024, 30 December 1924, Page 5
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136BOATING FATALITY New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12024, 30 December 1924, Page 5
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