FATAL ACCIDENT.
DR TDRNELL DROWNED. Z Wd' regret to" state 'that new^i' was brought by the Lady Barkly this morning of the supposed death by .drowning of Dr Turnell, the Resident Magistrate and Warden at Collinsjwood. It appears that he left the Court /House at Takaka for Collingwood on Monday afternoon, and waited at Waitapu until seven pm. for the fall <6f the tide to' enable him to cross the Takaka river. On Thursday, as he had not arrived at home, Mr J. D. Brace started to ascertain the cause of the delay. An immediate search was made .and his horse was found on an island at the mouth of the river with the bridle broken and both stirrups . gone. The horse was known to be restive in the water, and it is supposed that it reared and threw its rider. . Up to yesterday afternoon the body had not been recovered; but a large search party was out, and it was intended to drag the river. Dr Turnell will be greatly missed in (he district where he had resided for a long time and gained ;the respect and esteem of all the inhabitants.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 39, 14 February 1874, Page 2
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