AFTER 14 YEARS
DISCOVERY OF SKELETON The finding of a human skeleton and the bones of a horse in the south-east corner of Yarna Station, about 200 miles west of Port Augusta, South Australia, by the manager, Mr. J. Stafford, has revealed a clue to a 14-years-old mystery. Tho bones of the horse were discovered near Lake Acraman, and the skeleton, which was scattered but complete, was found 011 a rise bordering the lake. About 14 years ago, Mr. Olcn Swindon, manager of Moonarie Station, while 011 a trip to Kokatha, 50 miles away, in charge of a cattle branding plant with his men, discovered, 011 reaching Kangaroo Well, 25 miles from Moonarie, that the pumping gear was not. working satisfactorily. Tho party pushed 011 to Kokatha, where Joe Smith, aged 21, was instructed to return to Moonarie and tell the blacksmith to repair tho pump. After a month's absence, the party returned to Moonarie, where it was learned that some horses at the well had perished through lack of water. Smith was never seen again.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22388, 7 April 1936, Page 14
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