ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
"SUCKED DOWN AND SUFFOCATED." (By Tclcgraph.-Prcss Association.' Christchurch, July 1. A Maori woman named Merc Terei, 41 years of age, met her death under peculiar circumstances at 'i'nu-jiutn, Lake Ellesinero, ycslerday. Operations for letting out rurpliis waters of the lake were in progress and a strong scour was running through (ho culvert. The woman intended (o cross Iho culvert, but tho bank gave \vny, and she was sucked down in a deep hole and sull'ocalfd with sand and water. It look a pang of men thrco hours to recover tho body. A BOY'S ADVENTURE. Charles Davis, a bov about six years old, living at Mfl Taranaki Street, escaped somewhat luckily in a dangerous eseopado on iSalurdny allernoon, He was swinging behind a dray when the vehicle kicked towards a building. The bov's hea<! was caught belween Ihe Knelt of the drav and the corner of the building, but ho got oil will, a cut on Ihe head. He won taken (o llio hospital, ami is reported to be doing fairly well.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1169, 3 July 1911, Page 4
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174ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1169, 3 July 1911, Page 4
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