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MASTER FALLS OVERBOARD (By Telegraph.—Press Association) AUCKLAND, Wednesday Falling from his boat at 11 p..n. yesterday, Mr John Munro, aged 62, a widower, the master of the fishing launch Dorothy M, was drowned in the harbour. The launch was on the way to the fishing grounds when a man in the wheelhouse saw Munro disappear overboard while walking along tlie deck. The launch immediately put about, and the body was recovered within seven minutes.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20843, 29 June 1939, Page 16
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