GIVEN UP FOR DEAD.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 9 December 1925, Page 5

GIVEN UP FOR DEAD.

YiOil'NG MAN’S-CLLOSEi CALL

SWEPT DOWN A RIVEIR

Given up lor dead by bis 'parents and friends, Mr Arthur Uraddock, who disappeared while crossing the 1 ( ox Rivei on horseback on the evening ol Iso\einher 28, lias reappeared. His iscory reads like a page from, fiction, says the Grey Star. Uraddock’» horse was found some distance down the river, and some parcels belonging to him were discovered on the beach, this ga\e ample ground tor the belie! that Mr. Craddock hail .perished, and a police search for the body began. Inspector Eceles was advised from Westport last Tuesday tliait Mr Craddock had returned to camp. He is aged 21 years, and employed as cook at ai■survey camp situated at liromoana. four miles up the Fox Fiver ami about 12 miles beyond Harry town. On Saturday afternoon Mr. Craddock left caniin ou a pack horse to bring in stores from Westport. In order to reach his destination lie had to lord the river no fewer than 14 times. The young man secured the stores anti commenced his return journey. Meanwhile, however, the river had risen rapidly 7, and at one of the crossings the current swep horse and rider away. The horse was later discovered about half a mile below the lord by a man named 'Price. When he came to the ■surface Mr. Craddock found himself freed from the "•rip of the current and in still but deep water. He managed to scramble on to a. rock, where be spent a miserable night, cold, wet and hungry. On Sunday morning the flood in the rivei dropped, and Mr. Craddock regained the bank and headed for camp on foot, arriving there exhausted, on Sunday evening. The news of his escape was sent to Westport as quickly as possible.