AMERICAN ITEMS
A VARIED CAREER
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(Received this day at II a.in.) VANCOUVER, Jan. 2. A Erskine Smith, mining broker, soldier of fortune and gentleman adventurer in three continents, better known as “Coolgardie” Smith, died on Wednesday. He earned his sobriquet on the Australian gold diggings. He won and lost half a dozen fortunes. He won the light heavyweight boxing championship a't Johannesburg in the early ’nineties. He was a pioneer of the Klondyke field. He was born in 1867 at Launceston, Tasmania, and was tlie companion adventurer of Frank Salviji and Frank Goetch. i
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1930, Page 5
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