A HARBOUR TRAGEDY
. . ' r - ■ ' • a^1 WOMAN'S BODY SEEN FLOATING. „...■ AUCKLAND, Monday. 'Tiie of an elderly woman was ib'un'd fl'oa]::i'ng lin .the Manukau Harbour this j morning about five, mile S: from, Oni£ihunga by an old man and his wife, whp-. were,,,out in ia. I fi-at-ibp.t)tom i eid-. boat., They,.secured the- ; bo'dy by a fishing Line, informed the police. When the police arrived upon the scenls' it was full tide, and this body could not be jjeen. .It is thought that the fishing ■line was not long eno|u;gh ,to allow tlhe body to fioat.uplpn the surface. A further anarch' will be made at low tide Xh\s evening.' "''
% womian's coat, hat and bag wlere found this morning on the Mangere Bridge, and the police have since been making 'inquiries.
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Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1926, 26 October 1926, Page 5
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127A HARBOUR TRAGEDY Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1926, 26 October 1926, Page 5
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