STRANGE EXPERIENCE OF A SEARCH PARTY.
Asiiburton. This day
On Sunday Albert Charles Carpenter, 31 years of age, a fanner, singlo. was bathing in the Rakaia river with two other young m»n, when he fell into a whirlpool and was swtfpt out into the main stream, which was tIX running high and in swift current, and was drowned. The body was foliowed for three hundred yards aud thon lost sight of .Up till eleven o'clock this morning a search party were exploring tho bank, but failed to find the body of Carpenter but came across the much decomposed body of Petfcr Chain, who had been missing for threXweeks or a month past. An inquest on the latter will be hold to day.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DTN18901215.2.20.5
Bibliographic details
Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6024, 15 December 1890, Page 3
Word Count
122STRANGE EXPERIENCE OF A SEARCH PARTY. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6024, 15 December 1890, Page 3
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in