NELSON.
Last night. Early yesterdny morning s case of drowning occurred off Motueka wharf. The steamer Lady Barkly, with about 75 excurtionists for Chiarini'a Circus, had returned to the wharf at Molueka, when Edward Goffe Thomson, in the darkness, fell from the wharf. At daybreak his body was found. An inquest will be hsld.
A Mrs Jacobson suddenly fell down dead to-day, cause supposed to be apoplexy. An inquest will be held to-night. An inquest on the body of Thomson, was held before Dr Duff, at Motueka and a verdict of " Accidental death " returned.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3409, 25 November 1879, Page 2
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94NELSON. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3409, 25 November 1879, Page 2
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