A Sad Fatality.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. Rotorua, Last Night. Mr Keen, railway fireman at Auckland, and Mr Oakley Browne, of Wellington, accompanied by their wives, went to the Kuirau Reserve. The men went for a swim in the Lobster Bath, and their wives waited for them on the reserve. Mr Browne was dressing, when he saw Mr Keen sink. Being unable to swim, Mr Browne ran for assistance to Arawa House. Sergeant Watts returned with him, tut arrived too [ate to render any assistance. Mr Keen’s body was recovered by Maoris by diving. Dr. Anderson, who was immediately on the spot, pronounced life extinct. Mr Keen was on his honeymoon. This is the fourth case of drowning in the Lobster Bath in two years. An inquest will be held.
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Waikato Argus, Volume XXVI, Issue 4079, 28 April 1909, Page 2
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129A Sad Fatality. Waikato Argus, Volume XXVI, Issue 4079, 28 April 1909, Page 2
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