Discovery of a Body at NEW PLYMOUTH.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 142, 23 May 1883, Page 3

Discovery of a Body at NEW PLYMOUTH.

1 •- <BT TELEGRAPH.; ..-,.; (united press association.) r..,-n .^-cc^^JP^MOUTH, May- .22. "'"Tbe'Dbdy of Matthej^Qloughy who was drowned 'jf^, week "ago whilst crossing fv 'Ma^g9pai;{t^7&r y -;isKak' re* cqvered s after much difficulty, m twenty-; five feet of water.'] The- bottom of the ] river befog quicksands, 'two ,of the divers; -from ' - $ew; \£lyni6utn' Harbor works - wen iiDuf to Xho spot, and Gofif ,j??as.fotjtwo-houiß under- water. Upon, arriving at- the sorface, he stated that h& had searched the spot where the body! was indicKted^ft.ibe; lying, and for aj .radius of 200fj|^nd>ouid - find neitheij the body nortWde'f bribed enag. " A leo.j that the v sbttom Iwaa, a Tery one, he having been Several times up to qnicksand. -The Waitafa' correspondent of tho Herald writes that iMcGiyiph^ihcn^ put on hisj jdcegßf $$& y, went below -to 'search^ m another direct ion,- and after remaining ofOFotj^eaiy minutes <the danger' signal .> waei^iTeD^andior, come two or three jiininutes^ ! duriug? which ■; the • 'greatest n anxiety \waa<felc, .the iife-line.' would riot yield to the heavy strain put upon- itj but Bhortly after-warrfs there was a move .m it j aridf.as the; div«r W3B gradually being hauled to the surface, the aH-* right eignal was given, i and i he again descended. After another ten minutes the; tfaul^npjsignal! was, given, ard the; diver gradually appeared on the surface -with -the body of the nnfbrtunate deceased. McGiygto, the diver, states that one handbag the only part of the . deceased visibje. ; "When he saw the hand he was within 6ft ot him, and ud to his breastplate m the quicksand;. Upon moving a step towards the hands) he sank down to the upper part of the helmet ; it was. then the former ?igna;l ; was given. ;M lJpon lieing released from ■ KBldapgerbua Ipositioli; : he' began ii> think he had ; undertaken a difficult task, but he made a second attempt and ft succeeded m getting a line round the A righi aim of the body, and in^a few minnteß aftei wardu brought the same tb theahorr. An itquesfc wag held oh this body to day, when a verdict of accidently drowned was returned. ' * «bniill •'■iii.ie»". .-. -- | - J|l " I