FIVE LIVES LOST
MOTHER AND FOUR CHILDREN DROWNED (P.A.) Invercargill, June 27. A drowning tragedy in which a widow and four of her six young children are believed to have lost their lives occurred in the Waihopai River, on the outskirts of Invercargill, on Saturday night. The victims are: Emma Mcßae Atkinson Robertson (aged 37), Struan Robertson (4), James Robertson (5), Nan Robertson (3) and Graham Robertson (2). Mrs. Robertson’s husband, James, died 10 months ago. Early on Saturday evening, according to the police, .Mrs. Robertson took the children for a walk to a nearby bridge and dropped each child into the river, following herself. The eldest child, Joan Robertson (7), and one of twin boys. Alister Robertson (4) were able to scramble ashore. The others sank immediately or were carried downstream by the fast-run-ning current of the flooded river. The police recovered the bodies of the mother and Struan by dragging to-day.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 150, 28 June 1943, Page 3
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