A Strange Fatality.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 4, Issue 19, 10 March 1893, Page 3

A Strange Fatality.

Napier, March 7. A strange tale of death on the plain comes from Moawhanga, inland from Patea. Two men from Hawera, James Crocker and Charles Broadbent, rode from their homes to Wanganui, and thence to Karioi, intending to go to Tokaonu. Before reaching Kangipi Desert, a dispute arose as to the right track. Broadbent asked Crocker to ride to the edge of the bush, while he went up the side of a hill to discover the right course. Crocker did so, and never saw Broadbent again. He waited two hours, and then went back to where they separated. A gale of wind was blowing at the time. He stayed out all night, and till 11 a.m. next day. This was on February 14th. He then proceeded to Tokanui, and, hearing nothing, went on to Taupo- He went on to Cambridge, and then returned to Tokanu, where he learnt that a road gang had found a horse and saddle. He went to Moawangi and informed the police, who organised a searsh party, after a long search, they found Broadbent's body in the Wangseku river, fourteen miles from Karioi. Deceased was forty years old, and leaves a widow and five children living in Hawera.

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