GOLD PROSPECTOR
DROWNED IN RIVER. [ Per Press Asscdatlon. ] DUNEDIN, June 25. News has been received here from Queenstown that Alfred Edward Wade, of the Wairarapa, was drowned in the Lower Hollyford River, West Coast, on June 11. With his mate, Stanley Shaw, he had been prospecting for gold for some weeks. Shaw made the eighty-mi 1c journey from tht coast to Elfin Bay with tho news. Tho mon rowed over the river in a boat, on June 3, landing stores. Then Wade rowed tho boat back and swam across with difficulty. The men travelled on foot to Kaipo Bay, but encountered such difficulties that they decided Io return. Wade went ahead to swim the river and bring tho boat back for tho transport of the stores, but when Shaw arrived two hours later Wade was missing. His clothes were on the bank. Eventually Shaw crossed on a raft and after four days trekked for civilisation. Wade is said to have been aged 33, married, with two children. His father is a farmer at Konini. A police party is leaving to-night with Shaw to search for tho missing man’s body.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 149, 26 June 1931, Page 8
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189GOLD PROSPECTOR Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 149, 26 June 1931, Page 8
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