THE BOATING FATALITY.
THE BODY OF MELLIS RECOVERED-
At five o'clock this morning, the body of the anfortnnato young man Robert Mellis, who was drownod by the capsizing of the fishing boat Maggie on Saturday afternoon, was discovered on Cheltenham Beach by a man named Wm. George Durham. There wore no marks ot voilence on the body, which showed bho usual symptoms of death from drovrning. Information waa given to the local polica, and Sergeant Kelly and Constable Bowles had the remains conveyed to the morgue. An inqnosb was commenced this afternoon ab Gleeson's Hotel before Dr. Philson, coroner, and a jury of six.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 32, 6 February 1894, Page 8
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