FOUR MEN MISSING.
TRAGEDY AT WAIROA FEARED. SEARCH PARTIES OUT. [PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.! WAIROA, July 28. Four men—Robinson, Townsend, Higgins and Baker—left Wairelta Station with the intention of walking to Rotorua, but got lost in the bush for four days, and lived on berries. They managed to reach the head of the Waikaromoana. 30 miles front the Lake House, on Sunday morning. They built a raft, as three were sailors. Higgins and Baker embarked to cross the lake, whilst Robinson and Townsend decided to walk. They reached Lake House this morning. There are no tidings of the men on the raft. It is feared they have been lost in the lake, which is very rough. Search parties are out.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3282, 29 July 1911, Page 2
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119FOUR MEN MISSING. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3282, 29 July 1911, Page 2
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