MARRIED MAN DROWNED
STRONG SWIMMER CHASES BOAT.
BODY NOT YET RECOVERED.
By Telegraph.—Press association.
Palmerston N., Last Night.
A drowning occurred in the Manawatu River to-day. Ronald Drummond, a married man with three children, lost his life.
Drummond and a mate, Walter Hoskin", had been across tho river in a boat to attend to hawsers swinging across the river and used to haul a bucket for gravel to and fro. Drummond reached up to catch the rope, upsetting tho boat/ Both men fell into the water but managed to grasp the swinging cable. Husking found he could touch bottom so he walked out.
Drummond, a good swimmer, set out after the boat. He kept in sight for 150 yards, but was not seen again.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 July 1929, Page 9
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