FOUND DROWNED.
[BY TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] Oamaru, Wednesday. The body of a man named Robert Stevenson, a small farmer at Waitaki North, was found in the Waitaki River yesterday. The deceased left his house on the Bth February after a quarrel with hie family, saying he was going to do away with himself. He was seen by a person walking down the river side, but had not been heard of since. The remains were very much decomposed, but were identified by the clothing. At an inquest to-day a verdict of "Found drowned " was returned.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8268, 29 May 1890, Page 5
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