BEACH TRAGEDY
LITTL#kOY . DROWNED (Per Pfesa Association.) ,HASTINGS, last night, A sad drowning fatality occurred at Haumojiua, seven imiles from Hastings, at 4 o’clock "oh Saturday afternoon, when William Kershaw, ageef three years, lost his life. * • ’ .
The bpy w f ks vjsiting the beach witli his parents an'd four other children, and was placing,at the mouth of the Tukitula'River whdu. a latge wave was seen approaching the child. Some • fishermen nearby shouted a warning to him. He stepped' back to avoid the wave, and Tell into the mouth of the fiver, ,which was running very swiftly at the time. • A man« jumped in- to save the boy. but. his ofinb avail, the child being' swept- past 'Min. 1 ' The boy was pot ..seen again, and search parties 'scouted the beapli until 10 ,sQlock - ph* Batuf day-’ ni£hfc, when, the body'swaS'i'f'SUritl 'a mile from the .mouth of • the 'river, * . ' *
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18208, 2 October 1933, Page 7
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148BEACH TRAGEDY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18208, 2 October 1933, Page 7
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