FOUND DROWNED.
, At abbut 6.4^ this morning Mr Gordon 'Mcdiskie 1 , of Manfrapapa, the body of a man fully dressed, subsequently identified as that^f f Mv Alffed J; Thomas, Ivjoig face downwards m a small creek m Qrmond roftd', neajj the: Mangapapa Town Board's/ office. 6«S ; ihfdrnied Mr 0/ Fogdeit, " who commtini-* cated : Tvith ihe police, arid" Const^ies^ Shaw and Fischer subsequently removed the body to the morgue. •'• ' r ;* Deceased/is a well-known identity m Gisborne, Tiiaving resided* Here for ta^ny yeai-s. He had, been working at Mille/a auction ■teart," v liowe ""sti-eet^ arid^i^fJt v^ork at 5- 6!cloc1t" last ■"e vening V ./ffti went; '-^6' Mangajraipa; m the 6 p'olocli; bus from to wiv; and , got, but at Bell's - store. It .is 'aurmis'ed /thttfc when 'i^ik--ihg home having been rediding. with liis son-in-law, Mr P, iSarfisflbiVj ' Kennedy street), he tripped over a !^iecS of ' bartied?W^; and falling f^ce downwards m thel'SmaU narrow creek; which ■< cbntained running wwaterr r about ai^fobfc deepr ,tewff;oca.ted. :. TJ^re were marks of violence oh the body, 'and deceased's watch hid " stopped " at eleven .minutes past seven. '"-'.' : . .". An inauest was held this .'afternoon ;before Mr W. A. Barton, iS.M. ;^ M > I :
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14054, 26 July 1916, Page 2
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193FOUND DROWNED. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14054, 26 July 1916, Page 2
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