TRAGIC DEATH
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THIRST CRAZED MAN PLUNGES IN ROCKY GULLY AND DIES NEAR WELL PURSUIT OF A MIRAGE
-By Telegraph— Copyrig-ptt.
Perth, Dec. 30. After cijawling .across parched ground to a steepi creek hank, only to. topple thirst-crazed into the dry rocky bed helow, William McLeod, aged 63 years, a prospeetor, died within five hundred yards of a full well in the country behind Onslow. A graphic story of McLeod's death f ollowed a waterless trek of 38 pniles, during which his tracks indicated frantic bursts in pursuit of a mirage, is contained in a report from Constable Creagh, of Onslow.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 419, 31 December 1932, Page 5
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102TRAGIC DEATH Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 419, 31 December 1932, Page 5
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