FLOOD TRAGEDY
FAMILY’S END.
: DOG'S WONDERFUL SURVIVAL. (Australian Press Association.) V .' : SYDNEY, September 14. The bodies of William Bashkell and hi§ eight-year-old son were discovered in ,the Murrumbidgee River, near Hay. An upturned boat was found some distance .away; , The; police are ndw searching for Mrs jla'phkell’s body. ;, . The 'threewere rowing across the Hooded river, on August 17, when, apjjfirentlyjtthe .boat capsized. • A dog, lin the last stages of starvation, was;also.discovered at Rashkell’s camp at the riverside but several ducks and a peVparrot were all; dead at the camp. ;Thie dog . was the only animal that survived the terrible ordeal despite the fact that he was chained to a stake. •
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1931, Page 3
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110FLOOD TRAGEDY Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1931, Page 3
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