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SAD DROWNING FATALITY.

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SAD DROWNING FATALITY. As briefly announced in oue last issue, a sad drowning case was investigated at Boofcle on Saturday by Mr Coroner Brighouse. The deceased was a little boy, William Prydderch Jones, aged 5 years 11 months, the son of Robert 0. Jones, a dock labourer, of 114, Berry- street, Bootle, and Water Street, Bar- mouth.—The boy's mother said hp left the bouse about 8 o'clock on Friday afternoon, and about two hours after- wards was brought home dead, having been drowned in the canal.—Mrs Mary Ann Jones, also of Berry-street, slated that about 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon, her little girl, Mary Catherine, aged 4 years, came home and said Willie Jones is in the water." Witness went with her daughter to the canal bank at Coffee House Bridge, and the little girl pointed to the water and said That's where he fell in."—P.C. James Barclay, of the Borough Police Force, deposed to receiving instructions trom Supt. Leslie II about 4 80, as the result of which he went to the canal with the grappling ¡I irons, and at about a quarter-past five recovered the body from between 7 ard 8 feet of water.—In reply to the Coroner, ¡ Supt. Leslie said there were steps lead. ing down to the canal bank from Coffee House Bridge, and these were open to the public. The spot where the fatality occurred was about 200 yards from the home of the boy's parents.— The jury returned a verdict of Acei- dentally drowning." 1

TWICE PROYED.

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