YACHTING TRAGEDY
ACCIDENTAL DROWNING TWO BODIES NOT RECOVERED (By Telegraph.—Assorlatlon) AUCKLAND, Tuesday A verdict of accidental drowning was returned by the Coroner. Mr F. K. Hunt, at an inquest concerning the death of Jack William Dallow, aged 20, of Oriental Bay, Wellington, Signalman in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Dallow was one of three naval reservists who were lost when the T-class yacht, the 14-footer Evaine, capsized on Wednesday, April 17. Evidence showed that the three reservists, who were serving at Tiri Tiri, went for a sail at about 2.30 on the afternoon of April 17 and were not seen again. The body of Dallow was found on the rocks above highwater mark on Saturday, May 4. The bodies of the other two have not been found.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21160, 9 July 1940, Page 2
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