AUCKLAND YOUTH DROWNED
HAD SUFFERED HEART WEAKNESS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, November 11. Maurice Shelton, aged 19, member of the St. John Ambulance division, who was on duty at Motuihi Island on Sunday, disappeared while swimming oh the beach. After bathers had dived unsuccessfully, the beach was dragged with a net, and Shelton’s body was found about 20 minutes after he had been missed. Artificial respiration was used for nearly three hours without success. His parents reside at Kingsland. He had suffered from heart weakness.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1929, Page 9
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