FARMER DROWNED
Swept Away in Flooded
Otaki River
BODY NOT YET FOUND
Dominion Special Service.
Palmerston North, January 8.
An Otaki farmer, Joseph Cartner, aged 55, was drowned in the Otaki River this morning. It appears he was working pigs across a cable when he stepped into a hole in the riverbed ami was swept away and drowned.
A large party, under Constable Satherley, of Otuki, is engaged in searching for the body, but ns the river is In flood and the water is discoloured, the search has so far not been successful. Mr. Cartner was accompanied by Mr. George Archer, who sent for assistance.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 89, 9 January 1935, Page 11
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105FARMER DROWNED Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 89, 9 January 1935, Page 11
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