Youth Drowned
(Per United Press Association.)
WESTPORT, Feb. 4.
Malcolm Jenkins, aged 19, was drowned in a tidal lagoon at Karamea on Sunday. Accompanied by E. R. Issell and Miss K. O'Connor he attempted to cross the lagoon on horseback", but got into deep water ami lost control of his horse. lesell rode out to rescue^ Jenkin9 but his horse too became unmanageable and so he discarded it and swam to the drowning man, who was weighed down by a heavy coat, the pockets of which were filled with cartridges. Issell attempted to bring Jenkins ashore but was unable to do so and had great difficulty in getting free from the hold ofthe drowning man. In an exhausted condition he reached a snag and' was eventually assisted ashore by others who were called to the scene by the cries of Miss, O'Connor, who was also in a dangerous position.
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Southland Times, Issue 18062, 4 February 1903, Page 2
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149Youth Drowned Southland Times, Issue 18062, 4 February 1903, Page 2
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