RUAPEHU TRAGEDY
STANTON’S BODY RECOVERED LONG TRAMP THROUGH BUSH (Per United Press Association.) TAUMARUNUI, September 21. At daybreak a party led by Mr W. G. Nelson set off into the bush from Pederson’s mill at Fokako to recover the body of Warwick Stanton. They found the going better than during the search operations three weeks ago, and reached the spot where the body lay just before 0 o’clock. A stretcher was improvised and the party set off on its sad journey back with the body at 0.15, arriving at Pederson’s mill at 2 o’clock this afternoon. The body was then conveyed to Taumarunui, where an inquest for identification purposes was hold. The body will go on to Auckland to-night.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21446, 22 September 1931, Page 8
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119RUAPEHU TRAGEDY Otago Daily Times, Issue 21446, 22 September 1931, Page 8
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