FATALITIES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1351, 25 September 1886, Page 3

FATALITIES.

A telegram from K um«ra states that, yesterday a man namsd Mitchell Q larllo, a mint r at Larrikins, accidentally fell thirty feet on a he ‘p of stones in a claim, acd was killed by the fa 1. An inquest was held on Thursd>y at MitcheU , Lake Brunner, on the body of Mary Taylor. aged twenty, who was drowned while r ordingt’ie Arangapn creek a tributary of the lake A verdict; wis r.turne lof “Accidentally drowned ” Deceased was the adopted daughter of Mr Mitchell Her father is supposed to be in Wanganui.

fD elderlv man named Robert Hill was found dead in his b d at Wanganui last eight. Pe is a respectable man, retired from business and living la a h use by himself. Not having been seen about for a day or two the police broke in an 1 found him dead in bed, with pillows and sheets saturated with chlorodyue, and two bottles on a table by his bedside At the inquest to day a verdict was returned that d ceased died from an overdose of chlorodvno tvken to induce sleep The Timant Herald reports that a man named Gocdey, rn employee cf Mr Targuae, builder, feil from the roof of Mr Jonas’ hon e on which he was working, and died last evening from the injuries received. H-t was 54 years of age, and a single man