AN OLD INGLEWOOD SETTLER DROWNED.
News' w^as received' in Inglewood yesterday that Mr. Elijah Leary, of Kent road, had been found drowned in a creek near his house, says the Record. It appears that the family left home Thursday evening about eleven o'clock, leaving Mr. Leary all w*ll. On returning at six they found that Mr. I%ary was not at home, and as he did not return the 'family and neighbors instituted a 'thorough search which resulted in finding the body in a creek on the farm, life beldg : extinct. It was surmised that he was crossing a stream on a log which was used as a bridge, and that he lost his foothold. ■ »'T 'i ggg
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LII, Issue 187, 11 September 1909, Page 2
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117AN OLD INGLEWOOD SETTLER DROWNED. Taranaki Herald, Volume LII, Issue 187, 11 September 1909, Page 2
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