DROWNING FEARED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 64, 16 March 1936, Page 6

DROWNING FEARED

YOUNG BOY MISSING 1 CLOTHES FOUND ON BEACH A IGyear-old schoolboy, Roy McGregor Dickey, whose parents reside ut ■ 50 Doric Street, Durie Hill, is believed to have been drowned in the sea, about a mile south of the mouth */f the Kaitoke Stream, <»n Saturday afternoon. Police constables made an extensive search of the coast yesierday without succets. The boy, who wo,a of a i»right diposition, was a pupil of th" W inganu Technical College. He I' -i his nom< about 1.30 p.m. on Satui'ln; affr noon with the intention of *■ Mlm-tin; shells for his fernery from the South Beach. He left on hi.s bicycle an* called at the home of a young friend who was unable to accompany him on his excursion. As he was in the habit of making frequent visits to the beach foi tiie purpose of collecting shells, no anxiety was felt when he di*l not arrive home lor tea. His mother I'nought that he had been accompanied by iris friend, ami that he had stayed with him for the evening. It was not until midnight that it was found that he was not in his be*l. Mrs. Dffikey immediately xi.-.aej the | i homn of her .‘■■on’s friend and, discoveri ing that he van not. there, cummuni* j rated with the poli*- 1 . A search pirly I composed of rcsiden’s • f Durie Hill, j was arrang 'd and commence I a search *>f the seashore about three o’clo k yesterday morning. About 5.45 a.m. the boy’s bicycle, with Iris cloth s lying jii the sand nearby, was Jound. Footprints were seen loading down to th* l <-urf from the cyclo. Th-e sugar ffiig, which the boy had t ikon in which lo carry iris shells, was not found, and it, is believe,d that ho may have carried it into the water with him. 'l’hc s a in this locality is full of d-oep holos, and it is presumed That tl*e boy may has e fallen into one of those whoa gathering shells and boo:) swept out tc sea. Th** l**>y xvan a poor swimmer. The search i.- l*> !•«* c*»-Titinup*l to day.