LITTLE BOYS DROWNED
FATHER’S RESCUE EFFORT IN VAIN . / ■ . J ‘ ■' ..I BOY SAVED WAS WASHED AWAY. By Telegrdph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Sydney, December 21. A tragic affair occurred at Kempsey. Mr. W. Mainey’s two sons, aged 10 and 7, got into difficulties when paddling in the MacLeay River. The father dashed to the rescue and brought one out. He placed him on a sondbank and returned for the second boy, but was unable to find him. Upon coming back for the first boy the father.found that he had been washed into deep water again and drowned. Both bodies were recovered.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1929, Page 4
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