SAD DROWNING AFFAIR.
; &, , . CHRISTCiftJRCH, February 7. Philip Fluerty and Charles Herd, o Sumner, left in a motor launch tocatcl kingfish and groper off Pigeon Ba~ yesterday, and failed to return. j heavy south-westerly was blowing, fn formation was received that the inei had been discovered in an exhaustei condition by a steamer, making fo ■Lyttelton. The boat was towed t within two miles of the Heads, whei heavy seas s\vamped the boat, whici disappeared with her occupants. Ai hour's search failed to find any t rac , or the boat or men. Fluerty was mar ried, and leaves a widow with fiv( young children. He was bandmastpi of the Sunnier Band. Herd was als( married, and leaves a widow and tw< young children.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16892, 8 February 1917, Page 3
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122SAD DROWNING AFFAIR. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16892, 8 February 1917, Page 3
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