BOATING FATALITY.
PLEASUREBOAT OyERTURNS. , By Telegraph-—Eress Association INYERCARGIL,. Dunedin 21. At aljout 3.30 oil Saturday afternoon one of tlie Railway Rowing Club’s boats overturned in the. New. River estuary. Leonard Warburton and AViiliam O’Neil, who were ip. the boat, got into difficulties -at .once, neither being able- to -.swim,. A launch passing went to their aid, but both youths sank. O'Neil was rescued by the launch, but, Warburton could-not be found. Search was made by crews of the. Rowing Club, and Warburton’s body was recovered at about 11 o’clock tlie same night. Tho boat in which the accident occurred was an ordinary pleasure boat.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 22 December 1925, Page 9
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104BOATING FATALITY. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 22 December 1925, Page 9
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