WASHED OFF ROCKS
PUBLIC WORKS OFFICIAL DROWNED fUniiad I*rwia A*a»claiionl WELLINGTON, This Day. The Minister of Public Works, Mr Semple, has been advised of the death by drowning of Mr W. H. Carter, who was recently transferred to Raoul Island in charge, for the time being, of the work of establishing an aeradio and meteorological reporting station. An interim report received by the Minister states that the island experienced a hurricane on Sunday last, and on Monday, while on the foreshore, Mr Carter was washed off the rocks by an exceptionally large wave. Mr Carter is believed to have had relatives in England.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 25 January 1939, Page 6
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103WASHED OFF ROCKS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 25 January 1939, Page 6
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