DROWNING TRAGEDY
YOUNG SANSON RESIDENT UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES I Per Press Association ] PALMERSTON N., March 16. A drowning tragedy surrounded with unusual circumstances, is reported from Sanson. The vibtim was Lawrence Danzel Sanson, aged 21, youngest son of Mr. A. H. Sanson, of Sanson, and employed by Air. Colin Lawrence for the last eight months. Deceased left the farm on Friday afternoon for Otaki, which place he left at 7.30 pan. on Sunday night. His absence over lhe weekend did not alarm h s employer as he had been away on other occasions. However, when Mr. Lawrence arrived home himself about midnight on Sunday he saw Sanson's shoes at ihe back door and concluded that he had gone to his room and bed. In the morning he did not appear and investigation revealed that the bed had not been siept in. Search was made and the bod.v was lecovered from a dam on the property fully dressed except for the shoe?. Where the body was lying there was only .18 inches of water. The body was taken .to Bulls for the inquest.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 65, 17 March 1936, Page 8
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181DROWNING TRAGEDY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 65, 17 March 1936, Page 8
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