FATHER OF 8 DROWNED
(P.A.) TAURANGA. Sept. 15. The body of Mr. John Edward Ornrsby, aged 89, married, was found in a drain at Lower Kaimai yesterday. Mr. Ormsby was a Works Department employee engaged in the construction of a culvert. He left the job for a few. minutes and when he did not return his companions made a search and found him face down in the drain. It is thought that 'he fell over a stone wall into the drain. Mr. Ormsby had eight children.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21511, 16 September 1944, Page 6
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86FATHER OF 8 DROWNED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21511, 16 September 1944, Page 6
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