Death from Exposure.
A man named John McGregor left Nelson in an open boat for the Montere, about twelve miles distant, on Wednesday, taking with him a bottle of gin and a bottle of wine only. Evidently he got drunk, and bis boat was drifting about the Bay with the sail set till yesterday, when two fishermen found it. They brought the man in, but he was completely exhausted from long exposure, and was speechless.
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1839, 2 June 1886, Page 3
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75Death from Exposure. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1839, 2 June 1886, Page 3
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