Grim Drama of Australian Desert
PROSPECTOPuS DIE RATHER THAN ENDURE THIRST. United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Sunday, 9 p.m. PERTH, Nov. 9. Three days’ search resulted in the discovery of the bodies of two men Dyer and Raunio, who left Wiluna on a prospecting expedition, with water exhausted and only salt lakes within reach The men had drained the blood from a kangaroo and when that was finished they apparently decided to die together to escape the sufferings of thirst. With guns under their chins they had faced each other and pulled the triggers.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7377, 10 November 1930, Page 7
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96Grim Drama of Australian Desert Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7377, 10 November 1930, Page 7
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