A BOY DROWSED IN THE WANGANUI RIVER.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 11129, 15 February 1886, Page 2

A BOY DROWSED IN THE WANGANUI RIVER.

A little boy, about seven yeirs of age, eoa of a Mr Thomas, of Taylor^ viJle, met hu death about a quarter' past saven o'clock Hat night; by falling from the wharf iuto the river. What led to tin sad aooidoat does not appear, as no one seems to have noticed the ' boy particularly until ac fell, and the intimation of danger was given- by the splash of the body in the water, The boy fell near the stern of the Oreti (whioh was berthed immediately oppo* site the railway gooch shed), and was at ones sucked . u -dor her quarter. Hearing the spl tsb, Mr 0. Chavaunes, who was oq board the Oreti at the time, immediately sprang overboard, without^ waiting to do more than divest himself of his coat and vest, but his well-me,ant> endeavours were fruitless, as the . body did not rise to the surface, A drag was then obtained, ancl by its use : tho body was soon recovered. Stranuous and long-continued efforts ware then made by Captaia Robertson, of the Oreti, to restore animation, but unfortunately without avail The published direotions for the treatment of the apparently drowned were f jUowed nut to the letter, and persevere. i in for fully three-, quarters of an h Jur, by which time l)r Connolly arrive 1 upon the soene, After examination aid u-e-itua jut, however, he was obliges.! to convay to the distressed father, wbo iv-is present, the sad intelligence that tiie iu'o of his poor boy was extinct. Mr Uhoiaas, the bereaved father, is employed on the railway, and we understand was transferred to Wangauui from ~:aq,v Plymouth a short time