THE WHAREKURI TRAGEDY
FINDING OF HUDSON’S BODY Per Press Association. OAMARU, May 19. The body of Philip Hudson, aged 19, who disappeared alter the Wharekuri tragedy ot four weeks ago, was fouud this alternoon in the Waitaki river, nearly 20 miles down from the scene of the tragedy. The body was taken to Kurow, where an inquest will be held. The inquest on the body of Olive Rutherford will also be resumed. In the early morning of April 22 a car containing Hudson and Miss Rutherford capsized over a cliff, the girl being picked up suffering from injuries, including a gunshot wound in the head, from.which she subsequently died. Hudson iiad disappeared and although a search was made, he could not be found.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 142, 20 May 1925, Page 5
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123THE WHAREKURI TRAGEDY Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 142, 20 May 1925, Page 5
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