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ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

S,S.v(2T.Tclwrr»Bh.—Prsn As*ocl4tioa.l }£ body' found in the EIVER. . : 'UCV' . .Taumarunul, Januarv 14. Tho body, of a man named Thomas Halvcy," a"labourer, aged about 55 years, was found m the Wangnmti River yesterday, three- miles above the houseboat- at Pipiriki. Tbo body is be-ing-brought to Taumarumii. • v]; A FALL ENDS FATALLY, ' :: - Dunedln, January 14. George Lindsay," a blacksmith, who was employed by the Miliiuru Lime and Cement- Co., and who' was injured by a fall from a ladder- at the company's works, died at the Hospital this afternoon from concussion of the brain, never having regained consciousness. SUPPOSED CASE OF POISONING. Poison, "self-administered! was apparently the cause of tho death of a young man named Philip. Angel, who' was found in a dying condition in tlio Pirio Street- Reserve, at about 7 o'clock yesterday . morning. Miss M'Lean heard some one' 'groaning in tho morning at .ths back" of her mother's residence''in Scarborough Terrace. On investigation being made deceased'was found in a critical condition and suffering great pain. Ha asked for-a drink of water and expired shortly before tho arrival of Dr.' Elliot, who had been summoned. Just before ho passed away Angel stated that ho had taken poison. Tlio body was-examined by Dr. Elliott and no marks of. violence wore found. The polico were communicated with by telophoiie- and-tie body was removed to the morgue. Deceased was known as a city vagrant and has been staying at tlio Salvation Army Homo, on and off for tho past'.'l2'i months.. ■ He- was a. ship's fireman arid was'at one time a member of tuo Wellington Seamen's Union. He was a ■ native of England. ■ An inquest will bo held. .. '.'.AxV-EX-CONTINGENTER'S DEATH. ■ ■■ Gliomas Peterson, who was seised with a, At while working coal in tiro, hulk- Occident in tho' harbour yesterday afternoon, and who was removed to tho Hospital, died there last nifiht. The matter has been reported to the district coroner and. an inquest will bo necessary.- Deceased was for some time .1 member of tho Wellington Guards and saw service in South Africa- as a member of one of the. New Zealand contingents;'-. ' ■William Clancy, a member of the crew, of the .barquentine Titariia, who mot with an accident while assißting.to discharge coal from the vessel ofl Monday morning and - sustained. concussion of the brain, was.reported to bo "very low" at tho Hospital last evening'. Up till 11 p.m: yesterday he. had been unconscious for 60 hours, ,

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 6

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ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 6

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