BOY DROWNED WHILE BATHING.
DUNEDIN, December 23.
A boy, George Frederick Robert Hall, was drowned at Waitahuna while bathing this morning.
In company with several others, Hall had gone to bathe in an old dredge hole. Hall, who could not swim, was paddling about in shallow water, when he stepped into a deeper part of the hole, and was soon beyond his depth.
One of the other lads, noticing his plight, seized hold of him, but was forced to let go, and the boy drifted out into deeper water and was drowned. The body was recovered later. -Ashburton Guardian, 24/12/1934.
WAITAHUNA DROWNING FATALITY
INQUEST HELD.
(From Our Own Correspondent) WAITAHUNA, December 25.
An inquest on the body of George Hall, aged 14 years, who was drowned in the swimming pool on Sunday, was held at the police station yesterday morning. Mr R. McCorkindale, J.P., presiding as coroner. A verdict was returned that the deceased was accidentally drowned, every effort having been made to effect a rescue. The jury added a rider that this pool, and others in the county, were unsafe for adults and children who were unable to swim. -Otago Daily Times, 26/12/1934.
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