TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.
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Supposed Suicide. Auckland, February 13. Lucy Deoiz*, ageri 21, daughtrof an Onf-hunga settler, was drowned m Lake Takipuna on Saturday morning. She suffered from melancholia, and got out of the house wh^re sho was staying unobserved early m the inorniajar, and, it is supposed, threw hereeif id to the like Her body was found m 16 feet of water. An inquest will bd held to-day. The Rifle Meeting. Forty competitors from the Auckland Volunteer corps have entered for the Rifle Meeting at Oamaru. Fre. Feildisg, February 13. The dwelling boose of Thomas Bryce, Klwitea, was burned down yesterday. The inauranoe is unknown. One lady had a narrow escape. Fatal Accident. Napier, F-brnary 13. An aocident that terminated fatally oco-irrei to Mr J A. Keardrn of tiast 'ngs, early on Sunday morning. The dec aied went home about eleven on Saturday night and laid down on the bed without undressing. At 2 ».m he com • plained of the t eat and went it to the passage and opened a window. By some rreans be over-balanced himse f *tid fell three feet on to the verandah rolled down the sloping roof and fell to the ground, a distance of 14 feet- Deceased was seventeen stone weight. His wife hearing 'he noise, ran out and found that tie had smashed his leg below the knee. Medical assis'&nce was quick' y obtained and it was found necesßary to ampnUte the injured limb. The patient was put under chloroform aad the operation was performed, but he never recovered con BCOUBDMB and died at 11 am Mr Heardoo had been master of the Cat ho no Sohooi m Napier and also at Bokitika Another P.re. Another fire uoenrred at Hasting* yesterday morning, destroying the realdenoe of Mr T. Doney Insurances on boast and furniture, £7000 m the Union. Alleged Arson Wellington, February IS. The Crown fruieoutor has awnn ad Information against Re a ben Hind for arson. Drowned. I'UifbDiN, February 13 The ten months old child of Alexander Painter, South Dunedin, was drowned m » drain. Not Drowned. Rait, who w&8 supposed to have been drowned while bathing In the harbor on Saturday week, has tamed up at Timara. having walked there. Search parties had been dragging for the body for some days
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1765, 13 February 1888, Page 3
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381TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1765, 13 February 1888, Page 3
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