Thai drowning was 'accidental' PAUL Blamey barely had time to warn his young daughter before he slipped into unconsciousness and drowned. A Hereford inquest heard how Grace, aged five, got back to the beach to tell her mother she thought 'daddy was dead'. By then other swimmers at the Thai tourist spot of Lung Wang had brought Mr Blamey out of the water and were working on resuscitation. But Mr Blamey, 38, from Garway, didn't make it. County coroner David Halpern determined that the death in January this year was accidental. Evidence available, however, could not tell Mr Halpern why the death occurred at all.