MAN DISAPPEARS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 207, 2 September 1938, Page 8

MAN DISAPPEARS.

HENDERSON SEARCH. CONSTABLE IN" AEROPLANE. §1 Since he was seen struggling in tlie 11 water 50 yards from the hank* of tlie ffl Henderson Stream yesterday affrnonn. no trace of a middle-aired man has been M found, despite a close search by the A; police. ;'1 A farmer. Mr. Arthur Creed, was in a field when he heard a manV cries for sgj help coming from the direction of the gj§ stream. Rushing to the bank h<> saw a ?/•'' man disappear in the water after struggling a* if to keep himself afloat. || As he was unable to swim. Mr. Creed %• went for assistance. No trace of the f| man could be found on the banks, nor his body in the water. Constables F. Pollard and -T. Norton, cf of the Henderson police, searched until dark without finding the body. Con- §j stable Pnllard went up in an aeroplan» g in an effort to locate the body, but this i was impossible owin<r to the muddv.coi- i dition of the tidal stream. At the i»oint § where the man was last seen the stream S is 100 yards wide, but is mostly coi g with mangroves, leaving a width of 35 yards of swiftly flowing water. A man's hat. overcoat, suit coat and a 5 rest were found on the steps of the || Lincoln Bridge, which crosses {he stream. ;/ Some time before he heard the cries for J|s help. Mr. Creed saw an elderly man on s§l the hrid?e. Correspondence found in the §<•? [clothing bore the name of Robert Wright, fi who is believed to have fnrmerlv lived S in Nelson Street. City. To-day's search by the police for the %f j body was unsuccessful. The dragiring Lof the stream from a launch is being >:S [continued this afternoon.