CASUALTIES.
A BOY DROWNED. PLUCKY Afcr OF A GIRL
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OAMARU. .Tan. 1. A distressing drowning f.na'ity occurred on Onmarii beach r.t i;o<Vn to«ay. Walter Brown, aged s">n of Walter Brown, a railwnv surf.K-eman of Chrictch jr<-b. while lwhiiv with hicorsin, Andrew Medcalr. fell into the surf rff tl<o storm >v:ii<> r dUcharn-e pip?. Tiie boy Mcdcalf pluck-fly dire] into rc=<ue him. hut was and pot into tiiffvultics himself. A younger sis-or of Mcdcalf wad.-d inio tile water up to her cb o n]<l-r> and brought- hor brother to the shore. body of Rrow 11 wn> l>v a rail-.vav fireman mined Cnmeron." V>utartificial respiration failed to restoie breathing. Deee-ised was with nis parents on a holiday visit to relatives hero.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16432, 2 January 1918, Page 5
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122CASUALTIES. Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16432, 2 January 1918, Page 5
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