THE SEATOUN DISASTER.
Per Press Association. Wellington, Mareh 7. TheJinquest concerning the deaths of William Ham and Sydney Ham, victims of the drowning fatality at Seatoun, was held to-day. Captain Cameron, master of the Pateena, stated that when the steamer was leaving Wellington on 88th February ,he saw a capsized boat near Pinnacle Rocks. A boat in eharge of the second officer was sent to the rescue and picked up a man in an exhausted condition. They were informed that three others had been drowned. William Potter, the rescued man, stated that he went fishing in a small boat in company with Mr and Mrs Ham and their child. Whilst the anchor was being pulled up witness heard a scream and the boat, immediately capsized. Ham and witness tried to right the boat and to put in Mrs Ham (who had a child in her||arma), but they were |uosuccessfui. A verdict of accidental drowning was returned.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10591, 8 March 1913, Page 5
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156THE SEATOUN DISASTER. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10591, 8 March 1913, Page 5
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