NO WATER
TRAMPS DIE OF THIRST TRAGEDY OF LONELY NORTHERN TERRITORY [ Australian Press Assn. 1 DARWIN,. Mey 18. Two tramps. William. Watsford, ot Sydney, and Harry Ferney, apparently died of thirst on a lonely trek to Darwin some weeks ago. The bodies were seen miles apart in the Northern Territory, and both were within a short distance of water.
Watsford had stripped off his cloth ing and had eaten grass and was appar •ntly delirious before death.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20150, 19 May 1928, Page 8
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77NO WATER Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20150, 19 May 1928, Page 8
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