FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.
(per united press association.)
, < New Plymouth, Aug 29. , Further information re missing boat which left for Mokau is to hand. She was seen about two miles to north of the mouth of the MokaU river. She had only one man named Herman Albert Wiltke, a German. He was seen making for the beach on the north side of the river, and a party went across to his assistance,- but before they 'got to the spot, the boat capsized, and the man was drowned. The boat was -washed up on the beach, and as olothes dfiWiltkewerefound in;the bottom of the boat, he evidently had tried to swim ashore, but the sea was too heavy for him. , ;
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 4758, 29 August 1882, Page 2
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118FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT. Wanganui Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 4758, 29 August 1882, Page 2
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