THAMES NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10354, 1 May 1911, Page 2

THAMES NEWS.

FOUND DROWNED,

THE THAMES FATALITY

THE BODY IDEINITIFIEiD.

The body of the ehfarly man. who was found! di'owned in the Tliames river near Kopu la.st weak, has been identified as that of John Thomas Browne, -aged 63 'years, a resident of Wa.ihi, who left that town about Easter time with the intention of proceeding to Auckland and visiting the races. Browne mja.de thei journey to AircMand and! when saying- goodbye to his relatives thei"© promised to send a telegram when hei arrivol at Thames. From that time no word vras reiceiyed and! the telegram tfhic-h Bli'owne had promised to despatch to 'hisl dlaughter was netvler sent. Instead the dealcl biody of the unfortunate man wag found in the rivier near Kopu. It is- Mirmisedi that the decieia.s©d, w^ho is reipoirtedl to havio i Het-ulrne(d': by the Kopai ibbat miiist halve landed at the pert named and subsequently 'V^n

oVerbloai'dl in the daAneteß.- He wis a. little shortsighted and as the 1 wharf at Kopu is not. wide 1, he) may easily haye 1 fallen ovei^oa-rd without b/eing Seen.

We understand that the examination of the body and the post moi'tem by Dr. .Ebgers disclosed the fact that death wais dub to drolwning! .and that there were-no marks or indications that would lead to the supposition that deceased haid teen injured' before dleiath. It may therefore biei presumed that the dieaceased met his rlv-"th by misadventure. This point will however be definitely aindl officially determined on Wednesday, on which day at 10.30 aim;, the Coroner will resume and conclude the adljourhed inquest.

We are informed that the deceased's daughter-in-law—hta has a. married son residing 1 at Waihi—identified the clothes talketa from the body as those of her father-in-law and that this was confirmed 1 by an eixamina.tion of tlie photo taken of the <fead man's fa.cc. Mv Brownie wa«s an employ&o of thei Waihi Borough Oounoil and Was well known in that towa.