SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD.
MAN DROWNED IN RAKAIA. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] • CHEISTCHURCH, Monday/ Frederick George Howatson lost his life crossing the Rakaia River in a gig during high flood, six miles from Southbridge station. Horse and gig were washed away. Neal Monro, Howatson's companion, swam ashore. Howatson's body has not been, recovered.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18364, 3 April 1923, Page 4
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53SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18364, 3 April 1923, Page 4
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