BATHING TRAGEDY
, BOY DISAPPEARS IN \ r . .„ f ;>*»■> ; r -‘J ‘ , ‘ ‘ t v* ; (Pt?r Prees Association.) . ‘ MAfefERTON,' last night, A boy: of. I*6 years.- John - Maher,- was drowned In the Waiohiho Rivfcr, GreytoWn, this aflernoon. The deceased went to the- river-dii -company with -a jad of Tl years, and waded into thp river .for some distance, when lip suddenly, d.ik-' appeared jiito a deep' liqle.’ The .body was 'recovered three-qiiartei’s' of an hour later.’ >•- - 4 , ’ ,
. Tlie decciised wa» einployed as a .fnlrpi hand ibf -Air:' Willialn. Walsh, of -Ahiiif kpukii,/and came from the St. Joseph’s Home,. Upper Ilutt.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17452, 29 December 1930, Page 9
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96BATHING TRAGEDY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17452, 29 December 1930, Page 9
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