DUNEDIN, this day
William Cameron, aged seventeen, was drowned on Friday evening while, bathing in the Roslyn Woollen Mills dam, either through cramp or ml ability to swim. -Auckland Star, 3/2/1900.
CASUALTIES.
A sad case of drowning occurred last evening, when William Cameron, aged seventeen years, who was employed in Messrs Ross and Glendining’s Woollen Mills at Roslyn, was drowned in the mill dam while bathing. It appears that deceased and three other lads knocked off work at the mill at about seven o’clock, after which they went for a bathe in the mill dam. Cameron, who was unable to swim, waded into the dam, and the youths were only in the water about five minutes when deceased called out “Come quick, I am going down,” and then disappeared. He was not seen again. His companions gave the alarm, and the body was recovered some time after by Mr A. Dobson. Mr Robert Glendining, manager of the mills, states that all the employes have been cautioned not to bathe in the dam. An inquest was held on the body at a late hour this afternoon. -Evening Star, 3/2/1900.
An inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of William Cameron, who was drowned while bathing in the mill dam of the Roslyn Woollen Mills on Friday, was held on Saturday afternoon at the Salutation Hotel, before Mr C. C. Graham, S.M., and a jury of six. From the evidence given, it appeared that the deceased, who was 17 years of age, was the son of Donald Cameron, labourer, of Halfway Bush. On Friday evening he and two other boys, named William James Holden and Angus Pollock, went to bathe in the mill dam shortly after 7 o'clock. Cameron, who was unable to swim, waded into the dam, and was splashing about in the water when he got out of his depth. He called to the other boys for assistance, and Pollock swam out to him and tried to bring him to land. Cameron, however, clung to Pollock in such a way as to drag him under the water, and the latter had some difficulty in getting away from the drowning boy, and only reached the bank of the dam himself in an exhausted condition. In the meantime Cameron sank, and, was seen no more. Pollock ran to the mill and brought two or three men to the dam, and they endeavoured to recover the body by dragging for it with an iron hook on the end of a pole. Their efforts were, however, unsuccessful; but some time afterwards the body was recovered by Mr Adam Dobson, who dived into the water and brought it to land. Pollock stated that the mill hands had been cautioned not to bathe in the dam, which was inclosed with a fence, on which a notice was posted stating that trespassers would be prosecuted. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased was accidentally drowned. -Otago Daily Times, 6/2/1900.
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