BODY IN RESERVOIR
INVERCARGILL DISCOVERY MAN MISSING THREE WEEKS [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] INVERCARGILL, Wednesday The body of a man aged 50 Mas discovered late yesterdav afternoon, in one of the reservoirs at the city waterworks. He had been missing for three weeks. Members of the Invereargill City Council visited the waterworks to-day to inspect the reservoir, which had been drained, and workmen were engaged in giving it a thorough cleaning. A recommendation to the works committee to consider the advisability of fencing the main deep reservoirs was discussed informa 1 iy. An assurance that the city water supply would not be harmed by the presence of the body in the reservoir for three weeks was given by the professor of pathology at the University of Otago, Dr. E. F. D'Ath.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24085, 2 October 1941, Page 8
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