Sad Drowning Accident.
♦ When the Pukaki, from Westport was nearing the Wellington Heads it was reported that a young woman named Ro3?, aged 23, who waß travelling with her mother, both having come on board at We3tport, was missing. The ves3el was searched, but no trace of her was found, and it h surmised that ebe jumped overboard. M'-w R »8-», who disappeared, from the Pdkaki yestfnHy afternoon, was la«t seen about 3.30 reading in her cabin. Abont an hour before reaching the H<ads a search was made, bu . no tri3« of her could be fonnd. Thoie i> no reason to suspect suicide. It h supposed she mi 4 have fa'^n ovrb.mrd. On a cual boat; like the , P tkiki jhfM-e are very few hands on d ik, and her disappearance would rvidily pass unnoticed. She w;H 23 years of a»\ and a school teacher at WVs'pirr. She wis taking a trip for the b?mfi*; of h-r heakh, accompanied by her mother.
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Manawatu Herald, 9 March 1899, Page 2
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162Sad Drowning Accident. Manawatu Herald, 9 March 1899, Page 2
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