ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
JEF.fI.TH .FROM EXPOSURE
(BY XELEGKAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) .DARGAVILLE, May 5Ihe Jbody .of an old age pensioaer named Charles Carteon, a gumdigger, ■was found by a lad while shooting on Sunday near Maitahi. The deceased, >rcho ;had beent on the gumfields for over 20 years, went away about Christmas time, but no notice was taken of his <«ifij)artupe,. ; asJie often went away. The i Jbx>dy .was in. an advanced stage of decomposition. There were no marks of | wiolence, .anH ttke coroner brought _in a verdict of found dead from exposure.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLIV, Issue XLIV, 6 May 1924, Page 5
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92ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLIV, Issue XLIV, 6 May 1924, Page 5
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