CAPSIZE OF A DINGHY
MAN DROWNED AT AUCKLAND FATAL CHANGE OF PLANS. (Per Press Association) AUCKLAND, Sept. 3. William Frederick Jones, aged 47 years, was drowned this afternoon in the Warau Creek, New Lynn, through the capsizing of a seven-foot dinghy, which was being used for tho first time. His brother, Herbert Jones dung to the overturned boat and was pluckily rescued by Oswald McMillan. William Jones intended to sail for Sydney by the Marama to-morrow, but changed his mind and visited his brother instead.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19648, 6 September 1926, Page 6
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85CAPSIZE OF A DINGHY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19648, 6 September 1926, Page 6
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