DROWNED IN CREEK
BODY IN SHALLOW WATER Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday. A drowning accident occurred today, when James Johnston Colclough, aged 69, was found lying in a little creek not far from his place of residence at Belfast. Mr. Colclough had left his house apparently in his usual state of health. When he did not return, a search was made, and his body was found in 2ft of water. At the inquest, the coroner, Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., returned a verdict that death was due to drowning, ther,e being no evidence to show how the drowned man got into the water. _
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 9, 1 April 1927, Page 8
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102DROWNED IN CREEK Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 9, 1 April 1927, Page 8
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