Another Victim of Alcohol.
Francis Morton, who was missed from Balclutha last week, and .was supposed to haire drowned himself In ''the Oiutha Riverj hati been for womb time pVeviou^ ly m Dunediti, .where he -was drinking heavily. His mate- went to Dunedin, found bira m a wretched state, and 1 saw him off by train ior Balclutha, where he arrived on, o the evening, ,'of ■», Saturday week. Op (the' f day following, be, 4p! p*eaVe^ quite d^rari^^^ paper he' apparently v ; intended^ ioV bfe will. On Monday-morning he appeared sensible, 1 and'' after dinoer.wept to work on:fhe river b»njci! behind the, to vnship, , J^Lis, wife shprtlyjpllo,wed^ and (^qn(ibis coat, ]>ut he had disappeared ' and Jbias not sfnce been seen/^^ although Ü Beafcii has been made. It is said that when m Punedin he threatened to commit suicide. Francis Morton ba^elations m Milton.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 20, 22 December 1884, Page 2
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143Another Victim of Alcohol. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 20, 22 December 1884, Page 2
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