PROSPECTOR DROWNS.
HIS companion missing. (Per Press Association). HOKITIKA, December 1. The body of Christopher Pope, aged 30, a prospector, who left Bruce Bay on November 5 to walk to Jackson s Bay, accompanied by a young woman, Kathleen Alurphy, was found at the mouth of the Paringa River to-day, apparently drowned. Nothing is known of the whereabouts of the young woman, and it is feared that she met a similar fate.
The body is being removed to Bruce Bay for an inquest.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 45, 2 December 1939, Page 2
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