THREE DROWNED
ACCIDENT AT AUCKLAND SMALL DINGHY SWAMPED. [Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, April 17. A drowning accident involving the loss of three lives occurred off Rangitoto Island after dark to-night. Two men, Walter Noyes, of Glenmore, .and Roy Matheson, of Auckland, left vior St. Heliers Bay from the island in a dinghy, accompanied by Harold [Walby, of Auckland, Miss Frankland I and her sister, Mrs. Longnett, of Devonport. During the trip the dinghy was swamped and Matheson, Miss Frankland and Mrs. Longnett were drowned. The others were rescued by a passing boat.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19818, 18 April 1927, Page 7
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92THREE DROWNED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19818, 18 April 1927, Page 7
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