A RECENT DROWNING ACCIDENT
(BT TBLEGIUPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) GISBORNE, This Day. At an inquest regarding tho death of tho man drowned near Tuparoa, deceased's identity has been established as that of James Turner, who came to the district a few months ago with a Swede named Schroder. The two men were returning to their camp, and were crawling along a lengthy flood-gate, when, at tlie middle gate, Turner fell into the flooded stream. Schroder unsuccessfully tried to rescue his mate, and then had difficulty in crawling, in an exhausted condition, to the camp. A verdict of accidentally drowned was returned. — .
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 76, 31 March 1914, Page 7
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100A RECENT DROWNING ACCIDENT Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 76, 31 March 1914, Page 7
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