CHILDREN DROWNED IN MOTHER’S SIGHT.
TWELVE FATALITIES ON BANK HOLIDAY. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, August 4. When at the seaside with her son John and daughters, Ruth and Ursula, a widow named Mrs Yiliseed, of Haslemere, Surrey, sat on the beach at Chichester Harbour and helplessly watched all three drown. All were strong swimmers. The brother tried to save his sisters when he was swept to his death by strong currents. Deaths due to drowning during the Bank Holiday total twelve.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 184, 5 August 1931, Page 1
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