SWEPT OFF ROCKS
DROWNING OP DENTIST
EVIDENCE AT INQUEST
(Per Tress Association.) WELLINGTON, this Jay
The coroner, Mr. .1. Gilbevtson, held an inquest to-day concerning the death of Thomas Alexander Jones, dentist, of Petone, and found that he was swept- off Loom Pock. Maknra, when fishing and was drowned.
The evidence shewed thai the deceased got down on to a low ledge of rock to recover his lino, but before he could gel back, a huge wave, washed right over the rock, carrying him off. Tie managed to get hold of a- line 1 brown out by a companion, who then made for a spot where he could assist, but when hi- got there. Mr. Jones had disappeared. Mr. Jones was. a good swimmer, but was hampered by an oilskin overcoat and other clothing. The waves were so severe that it would have been suicidal for any of the others to have entered the water. The fatality occurred on January 9, and the bodv was found on January 31.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19248, 13 February 1937, Page 15
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