FATHER AND SON DROWNED.
(Bt Telegraph—Press Association' NAPIK.K, January 7.
William Alexander Watts, commission agent, a resident of Haveleck North, and his son William, a boy of 11 years, were drowned in the Ngaruroro River at about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. , They were bathing, when the boy got out of his depth, and his father went to his assistance. Neither could swim, and both were drowned.
A younger sou aged about 10 years, who was standing on the bank, witnessed the sad accident, and at once gave the alarm. The bodies were recovered, bat life was extinct.
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Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8097, 8 January 1907, Page 3
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