OLD SETTLER FOUND DROWNED,
A COMPANION MISSING. [BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] Wanganhi, Wednesday. The police have been informed that David Strachan, 87 years of age, one of the oldest) settlers in the district, was found drowned in. a creek at Okoia this evening. Deceased, and a man naimed Lampshear, were fencing, and as they did not return for tea smirch was made. Strachau's hat was found floating in the creek, and the body was subsequently taiken out of the water. Lampshear lias not be ! en seen since, and it is presumed that he is also drowned. His hat, coat, -and waistcoat were found at the spotwhere they had been working.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13049, 14 December 1905, Page 5
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109OLD SETTLER FOUND DROWNED, New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13049, 14 December 1905, Page 5
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