TRAMPS PERISHED ON LONELY TRACK.
BODIES WERE DISCOVERED IN NORTHERN TERRITORY i(United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received Mav 18. 11.30 am.) DARWIN. May IS. Two tramps. William Watsford, of Sydney, and Harry Ferney. apparently died of thirst on a lonely track to Darwin some weeks ago. The bodies were discovered seven miles apart in the Northern Territory. Both were within a short distance of water. Watsford was stripped of clothing. He had eaten grass, and apparently was delirious before death.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18466, 18 May 1928, Page 5
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