MAN DROWNED
IN BULLER RIVER
By Telegraph—Press Asst)., Copyright
WESTPORT, Teb. 6
A young man, J. De Groot, a. recent arrival in the Dominion who was employed on the Public Works Department as a boatman at Tirorora railway construction camp, was diowned in the Duller river this morning. It was stated that De Goot took a party of men across the river in a boat and returned. Later, a bnshman on the other side of the x river saw De Grott struggling in the water and. his boat tied to the bank. It is surmised that he overbalanced, fell in, and was carried down by the current.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 February 1930, Page 5
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