BODY FOUND AT MOTUROA.
A body, supposed to be the body of William Arthur Staunder, who has been missing sinco Tuesday last, was found to-day (Monday) on the Moturoa beach, near the boatshed, by a party of fishermen. Tho features were unrecognisable, owing to their having been eaten away, and other parts of the body were also eaten. The body was only partially clothed, the trousers being mi».«ing. Tho body was brought into tov.-n by tho police and taken to the morgue. An inquest will be held. Young Staunder, it was considered from surrounding circumstances, was drowned through a boat accident.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 10157, 12 November 1894, Page 2
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101BODY FOUND AT MOTUROA. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 10157, 12 November 1894, Page 2
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