WAIRAU.
[from a correspondent.] Another fatal accident has taken place amongst us. In this respect, we may say, " Woes cluster ; rare are solitary woes." The sad event, by which three lives.have been lost, took place on the afternoon of Thursday, the 2nd instant, about 4 o'clock. The sufferers were Mi-. Robert T. Lowy and a, stranger, whose surname only is known, of the name of Brown, who were coming from Waitohi to' the Beaver, and in crossing the Wairaii River, ; opposite the Big Bush, in company with a Maori boy, who was paddling the canoe,,the canoe, it is supposed, filled with water—owing to the want of its gunwale, and^the .swell, in the river,' which was caused by a strong south-easter blowing at the time—and. capsized. Their struggles were seen by spine children on the banks, and the alarm was given; but before a boat could be got to the scene of. the disaster, the bodies-had disappeared, and help was unavailable. Low's body- was- recovered on Saturday, and the stranger's on Sabbath. An inquest was held at the Beaver on Monday^ verdict, "Accidental Drowning," and their bodies were committed with all becoming decency and respect to their'"last resting place, on the afternoon of the same day. The body>of the native had not been found up t,o Monday at noon. -
WAIRAU.
Colonist, Issue 95, 17 September 1858, Page 2
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