West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tuesday 26 March 1907, page 5


COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER DROWNED. WHILE CROSSING ORD RIVER. Cue March 25. To-day the Cue police received a telephone mesage from the Nannine police to the effect that a telegram had been received from Mr. Kerr, of Moorarie station, that J. B. Phelps, traveller for Messrs. W. D. Moore and Co., of Fremantle, was drowned while crossing the Ord River. The body has not yet been recovered. A constable was immediately despatched to the spot. Phelps was well-known in Cue, which place he left about six weeks ago for the northern fields, driving a pair of horses in a buggy, and accompanied by a native.