TRIPLE DROWNING
THREE MEN PERISH.
TRAGIC SEQUEL TO CRUISE.
BODIES NOT RECOVERED
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
INVERCARGILL, Tuesday
A case of triple drowning is reported from Waikawa. The victims were:—
Frederick Wybrow, single, (26), labourer, of Waikawa.
Percy Wybrow (18), fisherman, of Waikawa.
George Mcßurney (24), shop assistant, who was on holiday.
They went on a pleasure cruise on the Waikawa Estuary in a dinghy, which has since been found overturned. There Is no trace of the occupants. A search for their bodies is being made.
No one witnessed the accident, tout it is suppose* the dinghy capsized in the rough water.
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Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19665, 27 August 1935, Page 7
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