NAPIER DROWNING CASE.
MAN'S SUPPOSED FALL.
[BY TELEGRAPn.—PRESS V ASSOCIATION J NAPIER, Thursday.
An inquest on the body of James Trask, whose body was found on the beach at Westshore yesterday, was held to-day. The deceased's brother said that it was deceased's custom to batho his feet in salt water at the back of the freezing works after his day's work. Witness supposed that he slipped on the concrete and fell into the sea, Medical ovidenoo was to the effect that the marks oh the face were consistent ' with the theory of a fall. ( Death was due to drowning. A verdict of "Found drowned" was. returned. .' ':■-': 4';
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18552, 9 November 1923, Page 8
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