MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT ; WAIMEA.
A few days ago (says the Marlborough Express) the body of a man was found on the beach near the foot of the Waimea track. M was "perfectly naked", ancTTihe sEuU'was" much battered and broken, , ( The body, was . conveyed to Stafford Town, and Dr. James made a post ttwrtem examination. For some time the remains were not identified, but on Sunday they were recognised by Mr. Harcourt to be thojie of a saiaw named. William
Frost, who had been working up the Arahura River, beyond the gorge. From what is known at present, it seems that Frost hurt one of his legs when working at his claim. An attempt was made to bring him down to Harcourt's, but he preferred to remain.^ It is supposed that, subsequently, in attempting to cross the Arahura River, he was drowned, and the body washed out to sea. The skull ia conjectured to have been broken by contact with the boulders in the river.
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Evening Post, Volume XIX, Issue 14, 17 January 1880, Page 1 (Supplement)
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