BOY DROWNED
FINDING AT INQUEST By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, November 25. A verdict that the deceased was accidentally drowned in the Marsden School bathing pool, when trespassing in the school grounds, was returned by the Coroner, Mr F. Gilbertson, at the inquest of Frank William Penhey. The boy’s father said he thought the school authoritidS were in no way to blame, and he paid a tribute to Miss Joan Stevens, a teacher, for her efforts, in recovering the body. He said the boy could not swim.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20585, 26 November 1936, Page 11
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86BOY DROWNED Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20585, 26 November 1936, Page 11
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