FOUND DROWNED.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Gisborne, Friday. The body of Thomas Ellis, a labourer, aged 55. was found floating in the Taruheru River this morning. At the inquest a verdict of Found Drowned" was returned. Deceased had been on a drinking bout for some weeks. On Wednesday he was twice helped by the Beautifying Association's gardener from the mudbank in the vicinity of where his body was subsequently found. He had been seen in town again that afternoon, and in the evening had returned to the river bank enclosure.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13325, 3 November 1906, Page 6
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